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To: steve in DC

Haven’t seen 300 people in a butane tank at 35,000 feet doing 600mph yet. Have you?

I don’t care what the computers say, time will tell and Boeings future rides on it.

The Hawaiian 737 made it back on the ground, with good ole fashioned aluminum. Forgot how many thousands of cycles it had.

Enough on this tired old subject. We will discuss this later whether the fuse’s splinter apart into a million pieces killing hundreds or lasts for 40 years. Oops, will have to last longer than that, we got B-52’s older than that still flying.


16 posted on 08/14/2009 1:11:55 PM PDT by biff
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To: biff

I know...I am fitting some updates onto the fleet, right now....

Major league PITA using 1940’s technology on 21st century advanced composites....


17 posted on 08/15/2009 12:26:08 PM PDT by steve in DC
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