[Paleo Conservative]

The announced delays are now well over a year. The 747 had serious teething problems, but they weren't delayed this long. In fact it was just eleven months after the first test flight that the first revenue flight of a 747 ocurred. Considering the improvements in the design tools available now as opposed to the 1960's, you'd think Airbus would have been able to fix problems on the A380 faster than Boeing was able to fix the 747-100 and 747-200.

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[RayChuang88]

Actually, it took almost two years for Pratt & Whitney to overcome their JT9D problems with the 747-100. But by then, Boeing had started its design process for the 747-200B with the General Electric CF6-50 engine and the Rolls-Royce RB.211-524 engine, which by the early 1980's overcame the early issues with the 747-100 and by the early 1980's achieved ranges almost as good as the 747-400!

[agere_contra]

Nice picture. BTW, what is that toy car doing in shot? :0)