[HardStarboard]

Where is the suprise? The French built an aircraft carrier that was too short for its jets to take off of....now they have built an airliner that is too big to land at a huge percentage of existing airports.

The French - true to form; SNAFU'ed

[Frank_Discussion]

You're Right!! LOL!!!

[PAR35]

The French built an aircraft carrier that was too short for its jets to take off of

It was a landing problem, not a take off problem. The plane (E-2 Hawkeyes) could land, but it was at the edge of the deck and couldn't turn around. It had to be physically pushed back from the edge. The deck was lengthened at a cost of millions of Francs. (And then the prop fell off the ship). (And don't forget the radiation leaks from the reactor.)