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Happy Birthday Boeing

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  • #2
    arubex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭arubex


    Some might say that Boeing's history ended in 1997 when the MDC bean-counters took over. 'McDonnell Douglas bought Boeing with Boeing's money' went the quip at the time and if you look at their products since then the most 'Boeingish' was the 777ER/LR which single-handedly killed the 747 and the A340.

    'No more Moonshots' is the current Boeing philosophy, which is a sad comparison to what was once a company that would bet its future on a single projet.


  • #3
    J.pilkington
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭J.pilkington


    arubex wrote: »
    Some might say that Boeing's history ended in 1997 when the MDC bean-counters took over. 'McDonnell Douglas bought Boeing with Boeing's money' went the quip at the time and if you look at their products since then the most 'Boeingish' was the 777ER/LR which single-handedly killed the 747 and the A340.

    'No more Moonshots' is the current Boeing philosophy, which is a sad comparison to what was once a company that would bet its future on a single projet.

    Would you not say the 787 was a moonshot with $32bn development cost. It was revolutionary (more so than the a350), with a very similar story to the 747


  • #4
    Shannon757
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭Shannon757


    It will be a long time before cerebrating this for Airbus.


  • #5
    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    Shannon757 wrote: »
    It will be a long time before cerebrating this for Airbus.

    Looking forward to their 50th Birthday in 2020. :)


  • #6
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,005 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Shannon757 wrote: »
    It will be a long time before cerebrating this for Airbus.
    Thanks for the factual input. Airbus itself being a conglomeration of companies, some of whom have a history stretching back to the start of the aviation age.
    Did you have an actual point or did you just want to try and start and A vs B thread? Because there is another aviation forum where that is a regular occurrence.


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  • #7
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,005 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Boeing's 100th birthday is a great milestone, here's link to their centennial spectacular:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAIlnxF1eEQ


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