A380 unveiling, 1/18/05, Live.

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:09:23 +0100, Thomas Borchert
wrote in
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Lee,

Suppose the 7E7 is wildly popular. It's light weight, efficient
engines, 3 day assembly time and very low maintainence cost makes all
competing metal aircraft (A300/A310/A330/B757/B767) obsolete.


Don't forget the A350, Airbus's answer to the 7E7


It would appear that sales for Boeing's 7E7 Dreamliner are heating up:


BOEING CO. will sign deals worth up to $7.5 billion to sell 60 of
its 7E7 Dreamliner aircraft to six Chinese airlines on Friday, a
source familiar with the transactions said. The source, citing
U.S. government and company officials, said the aircraft were
being purchased by CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES CO. LTD., CHINA
EASTERN AIRLINES CORP LTD, Air China, Shanghai Airlines Co.
Ltd., Hainan Airlines Co. Ltd. and Xiamen Airlines. Boeing, in
a statement, said it would sign preliminary agreements during a
ceremony at the U.S. Commerce Department attended by the Chinese
ambassador to the United States, Yang Jiechi, and the president
of the China Avaition Supply Co., Li Hai.
(Reuters 04:37 PM ET 01/27/2005)

Mo

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Larry Dighera wrote:

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:09:23 +0100, Thomas Borchert
wrote in
::


Lee,


Suppose the 7E7 is wildly popular. It's light weight, efficient
engines, 3 day assembly time and very low maintainence cost makes all
competing metal aircraft (A300/A310/A330/B757/B767) obsolete.


Don't forget the A350, Airbus's answer to the 7E7



It would appear that sales for Boeing's 7E7 Dreamliner are heating up:


BOEING CO. will sign deals worth up to $7.5 billion to sell 60 of
its 7E7 Dreamliner aircraft to six Chinese airlines on Friday, a
source familiar with the transactions said. The source, citing
U.S. government and company officials, said the aircraft were
being purchased by CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES CO. LTD., CHINA
EASTERN AIRLINES CORP LTD, Air China, Shanghai Airlines Co.
Ltd., Hainan Airlines Co. Ltd. and Xiamen Airlines. Boeing, in
a statement, said it would sign preliminary agreements during a
ceremony at the U.S. Commerce Department attended by the Chinese
ambassador to the United States, Yang Jiechi, and the president
of the China Avaition Supply Co., Li Hai.
(Reuters 04:37 PM ET 01/27/2005)

Mo

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I thought it was now the 787.

"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in
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I thought it was now the 787.


It is, but WTF does it matter?

Sorry, you hit a sore spot with me. Nothing personal, Frank.

Zillions of posts here and on other aviation fora about the significance of
the model number of an airplane, and they are all a waste of time and
energy, as far as I'm concerned...

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet...

Somehow people seem to get a near-orgasmic joy because an aircraft has a
certain number. I just don't get it.

--lw--

In article , Lee Witten says...
Somehow people seem to get a near-orgasmic joy because an aircraft has a
certain number. I just don't get it.

Perhaps aircraft manufacturers are aiming their names at the NOJ folk
rather than the dontcares? Seems to be a win-win-win situation.