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2006-11-05 Europe

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Posted by Steve White 2006-11-05 00:17|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What will they do when faced with Boeing's blended wing solution?

Posted by 3dc 2006-11-05 01:16|| 2006-11-05 01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Ask for more government money?

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2006-11-05 02:10|| 2006-11-05 02:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Anyone else get the feeling that Boeing is acquiring a taste for European lunches? Funny how us capitalist wage slaves just keep whupping ass on these socialist utopians.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-05 03:25|| 2006-11-05 03:25|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder where they will get the $12 billion. It certainly won't be coming from profits generated by the A380 - there won't be any. Borrowing it from banks seems unlikely since banks will want to see a large number of pre-orders for the A350 to demonstrate the financial viability of the plane, but airlines will be reluctant to trust Airbus's ability to deliver a newly developed plane on schedule again after the A380 fiasco. That only leaves government funding which has been the source of acrimonious WTO disputes with the U.S. This should be interesting.

Posted by Biff Wellington 2006-11-05 11:02|| 2006-11-05 11:02|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder where they will get the $12 billion.

Saudis and Dubai, I suspect. In the form of prepaid orders or such.

Posted by lotp 2006-11-05 11:04|| 2006-11-05 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 What will they do when faced with Boeing's blended wing solution?

As cool as this concept is, I doubt it will ever be built. I hope I am wrong, but I just can't see it. Too many issues related to passenger psychology.

Posted by Mick Dundee 2006-11-05 16:09|| 2006-11-05 16:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Too many issues related to passenger psychology.

While I understand your point, MD, if 600-800 passengers (instead of only 500) can be fit into a craft which occupies the same traditional 80 meter box required for compatibility with existing jet ramps and docking facilities, the airlines will have no choice. People will just have to get used to a whole new appearance to their aircraft. Here is a good link on blended wing technology.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-05 16:59|| 2006-11-05 16:59|| Front Page Top

#8 It does look cool. Thanks for the pretty pictures, Zenster dear.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-11-05 18:06|| 2006-11-05 18:06|| Front Page Top

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