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January 30th 04, 07:35 PM
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message ...
"Saryon" wrote in message news  On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:40:06 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: "Saryon" wrote in message .. . What's a 763? Boeing 767-300. A Boeing 767-300 is a B763. Assuming the original poster meant B763 is not unreasonable. People say/post 744 or 733 and have it interpreted to Boeing 747-400 or Boeing 737-300 all the time. Not saying it's technically correct, or even right to do, but even I'm not that pedantic in the absense of similar designators to confuse it with... Even though I knew what he ment, if you look at it he is dislexic. Correctly and common is: 673 Whatever, 763 is how the aircraft is described in airline schedules. Boeings are 7*7, the last 7 is redundant and replaced by the first number of the variant. 
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January 30th 04, 07:37 PM
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"Jeb" wrote in message om... "Tarver Engineering" wrote in message ... "Saryon" wrote in message news On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:40:06 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: "Saryon" wrote in message .. . What's a 763? Boeing 767-300. A Boeing 767-300 is a B763. Assuming the original poster meant B763 is not unreasonable. People say/post 744 or 733 and have it interpreted to Boeing 747-400 or Boeing 737-300 all the time. Not saying it's technically correct, or even right to do, but even I'm not that pedantic in the absense of similar designators to confuse it with... Even though I knew what he ment, if you look at it he is dislexic. Correctly and common is: 673 Whatever, 763 is how the aircraft is described in airline schedules. Boeings are 7*7, the last 7 is redundant and replaced by the first number of the variant. Everywhere outside this post I have seen the first 7 dropped. Perhaps you are banging the bong a little hard?
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