Boeing boss green-lights all-new next generation narrowbody

I wasn’t aware that Boeing were only planning to market their future aircraft within the USA.

Thanks for pointing this out.

What about John, Paul, George and Ringo for that matter?

A great idea, except that they weren’t American.
What about the Boeing Dolly (Parton)?

A good read here…

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2011/02/clean-sheet—boeings-all-new.html

What about John, Paul, George and Ringo for that matter?

In my day back in the Old Country, cars were not numbers, but had silly names.
From bottom to top were the Belmont, Kingswood, Premier and finally, Statesman.
What about Boeing using these names?

Yes. One of the major European car companies – I can’t remember which – got into a lot of bother for proposing to name a car with a 3-number code with a zero in the middle but found that Peugeot had licensed all such numbers, e.g. 307, for their own use in Europe.

The Porsche 911 was originally called the 901, but as you relate, Peugeot complained.
I believe some cars were actually built/shown (and possiblly sold) as 901s.
But Porsche allows other firms to use 3 number names beginning with 9…witness the old Mazda 929.
It seems a bit broad..”We claim all three digit numbers with “0” in the middle”
Must be a French thing.:D

I still reckon a name like Stratoliner or Stratocruiser would be best. It would invoke memories of those wonderful fifties propliners.
I assume Boeing would not be allowed to use the name Constellation.

…Personally, I see nothing wrong with 797, though that´s the last available in that series obviously.

What’s wrong with the Boeing 7107?

Peugeot did it with the 1007 (Sorry, One-thousand-and-seven. you can’t say “One-double-oh-seven” for obvious reasons pertaining to a series of movies)

I’ve always really liked the graphics you do, Sandy, and that looks damned good!

Thank you 🙂

…mr graphics man could you conjour up an image of a 737 with a 757 undercarrage, then they could fit any engine the like!!!!

I could do a little photo manipulation for sure 🙂
Might take a day or too to get it uploaded here as my internet connection at home is sporadic at best.

Ok. I stand corrected.
Even so, ‘Boeing 808’ just doesn’t sound right, in much the same way as ‘Mazda Dreamliner’ wouldn’t.

Or Nissan Skyliner? 😉
…Personally, I see nothing wrong with 797, though that´s the last available in that series obviously.

Ok. I stand corrected.
Even so, ‘Boeing 808’ just doesn’t sound right, in much the same way as ‘Mazda Dreamliner’ wouldn’t.

But trademarks such as product titles are applied for within given fields of commerce, e.g. cars or airplanes.
I doubt Boeing has applied to trade-mark the number 787 within the lawn-mower market, for example.
As a direct example, Roland marketed drum synthesizers under the names 808 and 707 which obviously overlaps with previous Boeing and Mazda products.Only if you are competing in a market which could potentially cause ´confusion´ can a trademark be asserted. Cars don´t fly.

Yes. One of the major European car companies – I can’t remember which – got into a lot of bother for proposing to name a car with a 3-number code with a zero in the middle but found that Peugeot had licensed all such numbers, e.g. 307, for their own use in Europe. The Mazda 808 was called something else in Europe for that reason – the 818, if my memory serves me correctly.
I suppose you could argue that very few people are going to confuse a new Boeing airliner with a seventies Mazda, but I’m not sure the lawyers would see it like that.
Stupid, I know.

Doubt it. Mazda used to sell a little car in New Zealand in the 1970’s called the Mazda 808. I suppose they must still have the rights.
I reckon the ‘Stratoliner 2’, after the fifties prop-liner, would be better.

Are you stating that Mazda could actually buy the rights to the number “808”… :confused:

Doubt it. Mazda used to sell a little car in New Zealand in the 1970’s called the Mazda 808. I suppose they must still have the rights.
I reckon the ‘Stratoliner 2’, after the fifties prop-liner, would be better.

Boeing 808 ?

The ‘Greenliner’, perhaps? 😉

The 797 ?

I wouldn’t be too surprised to see them drop (at least for this plane) the 7-7 designations.

I predict something with an eco/green theme….along the lines of “Dreamliner”.

The 797 ?

must be quite a risk to take
as they will need to stop 737 production soon after i comes into service, and i am sure the cost of 7?7 will be a lot more than a 787-800.
mr graphics man could you conjour up an image of a 737 with a 757 undercarrage, then they could fit any engine the like!!!!!
imagine with a 787 engine they could market it as 737-GTI