To: null and void
While the production tooling may be gone, the blueprints are not.
What was made once, can be made again. A print, a sample part....no problem. I see it all the time for planes that are no longer in production.
85 posted on
04/29/2015 12:15:05 AM PDT by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
To: rottndog
The current state of manufacturing is such that new tooling would be available within months and the tooling would be far better than the tooling destroyed.
A10s would be rolling out the door in surprisingly short order.
To: rottndog
What was made once, can be made again. A print, a sample part....no problem. I see it all the time for planes that are no longer in production.
Once 3D printing kicks in gear, this should be easier.
109 posted on
04/29/2015 8:15:21 AM PDT by
Nowhere Man
(I wish we were back in the world of Andy Williams.)
To: rottndog
What was made once, can be made again.Even if we had to reverse engineer the whole thing, it would be possible to reproduce the aircraft.
The whole 'production tooling scrapped' argument is simply an excuse.
111 posted on
04/29/2015 9:35:48 AM PDT by
JOAT
To: rottndog
While the production tooling may be gone, the blueprints are not. What was made once, can be made again. A print, a sample part....no problem. I see it all the time for planes that are no longer in production.
China probably already has an assembly line running, after making a contribution to the Clinton Family Foundation.
136 posted on
04/29/2015 4:53:33 PM PDT by
Colorado Doug
(Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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