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By: - 21st March 2013 at 19:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yes...by name.
But there is little is anything in common with the earlier incarnations.
Still...quite an achivement nonetheless
By: - 22nd March 2013 at 07:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
there is little is anything in common with the earlier incarnations
Ummmmmm.... apart from fuselage cross section and nose?!
By: - 22nd March 2013 at 08:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There are structural difference probably there too.
What is impressive is five and a half thousand A.320 series which are essentially similar.
Boeing must have felt the NG 737 were very different as they re started the build number sequence to try and show that they were nothing like the previous.
By: - 22nd March 2013 at 17:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Incredible, and to think at some point in their history around 10% have flown for Southwest!
By: - 22nd March 2013 at 17:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
It's still on the same TCDS, doesn't make it too different in my mind. Still an impressive number to have delivered.
By: - 22nd March 2013 at 19:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yes but are we well served by a manufacturer churning out the same fifty year old concept, with nothing but a series of small and safe steps avoiding any real advances?
What about hybrid wings, or blended wings? Will the £2billion for aerospace recently promised by the UK government be used for anything like this?
Or this?
What about sonic cruisers, flying close to Mach1? Remember, the fastest airliner, apart from Concord, was the VC10, itself a fifty year old design, cleared to Mach 0.93.
The VC10. An airliner still faster than any Boeing airliner for a half century.
Steven
By: - 22nd March 2013 at 19:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
That second design concept was ruled out by Airbus nearly 2 decades ago, there is no feasible way to evacuate it in under 90 seconds in an emergency.
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By: KERVYN - 21st March 2013 at 10:53
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