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To: AnotherUnixGeek

The 747 turns 50 this year. The development costs back then almost bankrupted Boeing.

https://www.economist.com/gulliver/2019/02/13/the-boeing-747-jetliner-turns-50


32 posted on 02/14/2019 3:00:01 AM PST by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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To: Moonman62

Yep. Boeing bet the company and almost lost it. Amazing machine for the time. The 380 was all CAD designed. My company used to make 747 parts from the original hand drawn prints.


33 posted on 02/14/2019 3:03:35 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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