Article: America Has Grounded the Wright Brothers

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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Jim,

Allrighty, then. Try Seven Seventyseven?


Oh, the one where the finally also used fly-by-wire like Airbus after
bad-mouthing the concept for years? Innovation?

Fly-by-wire WAS a bad idea for a LONGGGGG time until they got the kinks
worked out.


This is fun g

Note: My comments are tongue-in-cheek.

Hopefully not foot-in-mouth!!

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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Jim,

Two words: Seven Sixtyseven.


Are those the ones they bribed into the USAF tanker deal even though
Airbus was cheaper? That hardly counts as innovative!

Cheaper to buy (after MASSIVE subsidy from the taxpayers...an now Boeing is
getting into that as well), but more expensive to operate (since it was
designed for state run airlines).

Tom,

(after MASSIVE subsidy from the taxpayers...an now Boeing is
getting into that as well)

Uh, now? Those defense contracts have been coming for decades.

but more expensive to operate (since it was
designed for state run airlines).


Huh?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote:

Are those the ones they bribed into the USAF tanker deal even though
Airbus was cheaper?

I doubt they had to bribe anyone. Having your military use combat gear made by a
foreign country is a *really* bad idea.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

Ranks right up there with having your embassy's 'high security rooms'
constructed by a foreign government...
Denny
"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Thomas Borchert wrote:

Are those the ones they bribed into the USAF tanker deal even though
Airbus was cheaper?

I doubt they had to bribe anyone. Having your military use combat gear
made by a
foreign country is a *really* bad idea.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually
said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

G.R.,

Are those the ones they bribed into the USAF tanker deal even though
Airbus was cheaper?

I doubt they had to bribe anyone. Having your military use combat gear made by a
foreign country is a *really* bad idea.


You may want to look into the recent firings at Boeing and the relation to the
tanker contract, which, AFAIK, has been put on hold because of that.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)