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To: Paleo Conservative
US manufacturer's need to get their sh*t together and build the better cargo aircraft....this is BS....stop whining and find out why we got our asses handed to us....find the problem and fix it....or is it politicians/military who have been bought off by foreign interests (Clinton's)....
12 posted on 02/29/2008 7:26:27 PM PST by homeguard ((Charlie Don't Surf!))
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To: homeguard

US manufacturers have a better plane — it’s called the Boeing 787. Boeing has already sold 800+ of them and it hasn’t even flown yet. The problem is that there is no freighter version of the 787 yet that could be used as a tanker...


49 posted on 02/29/2008 8:07:27 PM PST by Plane_Guy
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To: homeguard
US manufacturer's need to get their sh*t together and build the better cargo aircraft.

I am not sure we can. Not when we spend gajillions of dollars on fielding a handful of sexy stealthy fighters when we could have still fielded a top-line fighter without a canopy that alone cost half a million dollars. Instead, we let our front-line fighters break apart in flight while pouring billions into a fighter that will never be bought in enough numbers to fill the void.

You tell me: can America really step up to the challenge with this kind of mentality?

134 posted on 03/01/2008 11:17:48 AM PST by 60Gunner (Please tell me the roads are clear so I can go home...)
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