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To: butlerweave

Clone of the 787. I wonder if the tons of AAA batteries it runs on will catch fire?


9 posted on 11/02/2015 10:42:32 AM PST by beelzepug (liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
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To: beelzepug
Narrow body, more likely a 757 clone than 787.

It's metal, not composite, right?

14 posted on 11/02/2015 11:22:22 AM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: beelzepug

“Clone of the 787. I wonder if the tons of AAA batteries it runs on will catch fire?”

No.
More of a clone of the Airbus A-321 series.
With the same CFM engines, apparently.

They have 521 orders for this.


19 posted on 11/02/2015 11:32:07 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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