RE: VC10 OR 707

That´s simple. Power gives influence and sometimes dirty tricks to dominate market. I just remember when EL AL wanted to buy Airbus and MS Madeleine Albright former (Secretary of State) called to tell the israeli that they would find terribly unfriendly that they buy Airbus. Sometimes, bigger manufacturers make price dumping or have better selling conditions. This doesn´t mean that products are superior.

RE: VC10 OR 707

British aircraft were even better than their american counterparts. I have never flown the VC10 but I have seen the Duxford model and I was surprised for it interior space. Much confortable than B707, which I flew when I was a kid. The British aircraft, like the Caravelle and other european models came out in a time where the american brands dominated the market. Even the Mercure, was much more advanced and better aircraft than the B737. The Caravelle was a legend, and the Trident, was much more sturdy and advanced that the B727. I am not sure about the safety of VC10. Having the engines mounted so close (like Concorde) a fire or explosion would be terrible. I know the IL-62 had this problem. I remember a couple of terrible crashes happened to this later model because of that feature.

RE: 1,000 posts special-Where are you all from?

From Santiago de Compostela (St James Shrine), Northwest of Spain.
But don´t get confused guys….no sun, no bullfighting (puajjjj),
no paella, tortilla, Sangria, flamenco or all that touristical things. It´s like Scotland or Ireland, green landscape, windpipes, fair people, lakes and magical legends. Come over….
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RE: Boeing Offers New 747-400X

AND…the B777 being a nice plane, looks to me like a Tristar without the back engine.

RE: Swiss looks to join OneWorld!!

Swiss will have to forget about high dreams and concentrate its traffic and giving aside the idea of a global airline. Switzerland doesn´t offer traffic enough for a global idea. Too many hubs arrounds competing ZRH. The new logo is not really nice. Imaginative….?….well not much. It seems that the marketing dept, had to pay to the advertasing company only an euro for the idea. A white plane with single boring and plain letters on planes sides….I don´t like it. Even the name is absurd. Swiss…what?, airlines, airways, express……it sounds like calling Iberia….Spanish, or French to AF or even Italian to Alitalian. Not comercial at all.

RE: Future of 146/Avro RJ?

I know a country which will have big problems and this is Buttan and Druk Air. They only operated Bae146 and had purchased the new avros.
What will happen?. British Aeroespace will have at least to guarantee the orders.