RE: Boeing Offers New 747-400X

Funny how Boeing keeps selling those inferior designs. Boeings latest model twins still offer superior operating weights, capacity, ranges and costs than the Airbus lineup which proves that Boeing’s 60’and 70’s designs are still on a par with later designs from Airbus.

Sauron

RE: What the Smeg Is R.B. up to?

I agree with KabirT. Why in the world would Branson want to compromise a profitable buisness in a vain attempt to salvage what others could make work. Why support failures?

Regards

RE: Biggest aircraft

I believe I read that Howard Hughes’s spruce goose had a greater wing span than the An 225, but in practical terms, the An 225 is much bigger. I believe it was specifically designed to transport the defunct Russian space shuttle the Braun, which was a copy of the NASA shuttle. The An 225 looks good at air shows, whereas the An 124 actually earns it’s keep transporting oversize industrial loads.
The An 124 is a marvel of Russian aironautical engineering inspired by that US marvel, the C-5 Galaxy which flew 15 years before the An 124. Of course the An 124 was made slightly larger than the C-5 but is less handy and not as good looking. Whats that old expression: immatation is the sincerest form of flattery?

Regards

RE: Grow up, Sauron.

The stories above just seem suspicious to me. They seem crafted to try and make people think that US and its policies are to blame for what happened in NY City. That the US is really the bad guy. The individuals who did the crime were from the mid-east. That is the ugly fact. Unfortunately some folks from the mid-east and others who ‘look’ like them, are going to be suspect, unfair as that might be. Non US citizens who feel threatened or who have had their rights trod on should leave if they can. Ironically’ some probably have more rights as non-citizens in the US than in their native lands.

History clearly shows that the US is not perfect but I believe the post WW II world would be far worse had it adopted a policy of non-involvment. Can you imagine what would have happened in Europe, in Japan, in the mid-east, and elsewhere, had the US not put it’s influence, democratic ideals, money, power and it’s blood on the line to counter the policies of the USSR, China and others? Who else would have been as generous to former foes for example? (the fact that these actions paid off economically, is not in question).

The current problems in the middle-east and south-asia can hardly be laid solely at the door of the Americans. Who else has done more to protect Arabs and others in those areas? Europeans are not totally blameless. The UK, France, Italy and others have long meddled there and have been victems of terrorist attacks themselves, but as usual they let the US carry the ball. Its easy to blame the Americans when things go bad.

As far as the middle-east and the rest of the Moslim world is concerned, maybe its time for Arabs and others to look at themselves more objectively. These areas could use more support from the US (and others) but ultimately, the individual states in these regions will decide what type of governments they want. They must also be willing to pay the price that goes with whatever decisions they make and not blame the US.

Sauron

P,S.
I am not an American. No doubt about it though, I still have a lot to learn!

RE: My Parent’s Nightmare at Philadelphia

Is this forum going to be hijacked be this kind of anti-American fiction? There are plenty of political sites for this kind of crap.

RE: Is A380s future bright?

Hard to get a rise out of folks these days. Must be the post Sep 11 styndrome. However, to respond to your question about the future of the A380, I think that its going to be a rocky road. For the moment the airlines are fighting to survive. The airline business is a money loser and thats not going to change until we are down to 12(?) or so large airlines worldwide that can profitably share the long haul routes which are the only ones that need the A380. Meantime, the airlines will probably put their limited funds into the large twins and the short haul commuter jets. Euro pride and public money may carry the A380 into production but IMO its will be delayed and when it does go ahead it will be a long time before it earns it’s keep.

Regards