Like the Saturn V?
The initial concept came from Frederick W. Lanchester, an Englishman, in 1897, when he patented wing end-plates to control wingtip vortices.[wikipedia]
Heinkel He 162
What do the German and French taxpayers get for the tax dollars that go directly to support AB in the form of launch aid (that Boeing does not get).
Tax breaks are not a subsidy, particularly if they are available to anybody. AB gets plenty of tax breaks.
Need tax money to widen a road for the A-380, we can do that, need to waive environmental laws to fill in a lake, we can do that.
BTW all those nifty winglets on the tips of Airbus’ airplanes were based on research by....NASA.
Like the Saturn V?
The initial concept came from Frederick W. Lanchester, an Englishman, in 1897, when he patented wing end-plates to control wingtip vortices.[wikipedia]
Heinkel He 162
“It isn’t a government subsidy if you get a product for the money.”
It IS a government subsidy if the money is spent to keep the production line of an OBSOLETE aircraft running.
Boeing has been talking for years about closing the 767 line to concentrate on 787 production IF there were no orders for the 767 to fill beyond 2007. UPS ordered a bunch of freighters, so now the projected line closure is in 2015.