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December 18th 03, 06:58 PM
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"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
... 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! Allrighty, then. Try Seven Seventyseven? -- Jim Fisher 
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December 19th 03, 08:10 AM
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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? This is fun g Note: My comments are tongue-in-cheek. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH)
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December 19th 03, 11:57 AM
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December 19th 03, 02:36 PM
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"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message ... 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!!
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December 19th 03, 04:01 PM
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Tom,
Fly-by-wire WAS a bad idea for a LONGGGGG time until they got the kinks worked out. Says who? Or what? -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH)
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December 19th 03, 02:38 PM
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"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
... 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).
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December 19th 03, 04:01 PM
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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)
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