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2007-03-09 Europe

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Posted by phil_b 2007-03-09 02:08|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Rumor on the street is that Qatar and Russia both want to buy a share of the company. This is preventing a massive selloff.

Posted by mhw 2007-03-09 08:03|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-03-09 08:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh that's cute. Sell off the MAJOR EU commercial enterprise to non-EU members.

Hell, if Qatar can make a deal with Saudi they could probably acquire the entire EU...........cheap.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2007-03-09 08:35|| 2007-03-09 08:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Putin wants 20% of Airbus.

Posted by ed 2007-03-09 09:14|| 2007-03-09 09:14|| Front Page Top

#4 So goes Airbus, so goes the EU?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-03-09 09:15|| 2007-03-09 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Flying Turkey graphic?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-03-09 10:01|| 2007-03-09 10:01|| Front Page Top

#6 If true that would be an obvious sign the the EU is in reality trying to become the EUSSR.

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-03-09 10:20|| 2007-03-09 10:20|| Front Page Top

#7 The parent company should be eponymously renamed to EGADS. (Eur-a-peon Government...)

Posted by Harcourt Ebboque8043 2007-03-09 10:27|| 2007-03-09 10:27|| Front Page Top

#8 A successful cooperative effort. Westland Lysander, the "Lizzies" as there came to be known were built in Great Britain. Shipped to Canada on US vessels for pilot training, stationed at RAF bases throughout England, loved and admired by the French resistance, hated by the Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht, flown by Yanks and the RAF over Holland, France, Belgium and Germany (mostly after dark).

Posted by Besoeker 2007-03-09 10:30|| 2007-03-09 10:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Their problems may be a result of that bloated pig they're trying to strap wings to, but I have to say I do regular work related jaunts from Newark to SF & back & I always try to get on an Airbus A319 - I really like that little plane.

Posted by JerseyMike 2007-03-09 13:25|| 2007-03-09 13:25|| Front Page Top

#10 #6 BP: "an obvious sign the the EU is in reality trying to become the EUSSR"

You mean more obvious than all their other ~~communist~~ socialist signs?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-03-09 14:00|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2007-03-09 14:00|| Front Page Top

#11 The composite wings fall off these stupid planes. Anyone remember the Airbus crash right after 9-11?

Last fall I was mistakenly flying one of these coffins. We hit high winds and the pilot slowed the plane down to a crawl. Some pilots refuse to fly them.

The real problem is that Boeing is planing composite constructions.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-03-09 17:44|| 2007-03-09 17:44|| Front Page Top

#12 I can remember a lot of crashes not involving composites. There are many components to aircraft, many systems. Each crash is unique.

Boeing FAI and source is tough, the wings won't fall off.

Posted by bombay">bombay 2007-03-09 20:32|| 2007-03-09 20:32|| Front Page Top

#13 The composite wings fall off these stupid planes. Anyone remember the Airbus crash right after 9-11?

Actually, it is the vertical stabilizer (rudder) that has a tendency to depart the aircraft if over stressed. And it doesn't take all that much to over stress it. Obviously, that's a bad thing.

During the development and early in the life of the first Airbus aircraft models, there were some unfortunate accidents involving the flight computer getting "confused", resulting in aircraft destruction (crashes). My own policy is to never fly on them. Ever.

The real problem is that Boeing is planing composite constructions.

I am MUCH LESS worried about a Boeing designed and engineered aircraft. The EU AirBorg™ collective is another matter all together.

Posted by Chiper Threreger8956 2007-03-09 20:52|| 2007-03-09 20:52|| Front Page Top

#14 Buy as much of Airbus as you want. Get enough shares and you might tell Airbus how to do it right. Best o'luck t'ye.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-03-09 21:59|| 2007-03-09 21:59|| Front Page Top

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