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First SC 787 takes off today and is now doing touch and goes..
First SC 787 takes off today and is now doing touch and goes..
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05-23-2012, 12:36 PM
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The 787 is a masterpiece (unlike the outsource mindset of some of the management types). I'd bid it if I were still in the saddle.
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Congratulations from Everett, WA. It certainly is a beautiful airplane on the wing. What an incredible achievement in such a short time.
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Yup Jeff, it's amazing what short time projects can be accomplished with billions and billions of dollars thrown at something that is what, 4 or 5 years behind schedule?
meh, a million here and a million there, takes a while for it to add up to real money.... I'm married to someone who counts the high level magic $$$ beans that have been swept under the rug, and the 787 is so upside down that the program chews up and spits out a CFO Finance officer every couple months because once they see the books, you get sucked into the void called the financial black hole of the Boeing 787 program which is a financial failure doomed to maybe never make a profit. Facts and data. Amazing when you see charts, containing numbers that have 2 commas in them, and the baseline chart number scale is "in millions"..........
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Dave - I'm trying to be supportive. Encouraging. It's in my own best interest. I would dearly love to see them build the rest of them in Charlotte...
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05-24-2012, 04:32 AM
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I know I know Jeff.
This is a big event for South Caroline', ever since the Burger King burnt down. I didn't mean to make my post sound too brutal truthfull, so I'll lighten the mood some..........if you all care to sing along. "See the wings on the plane go up and down, up and down, up and down, the wheels be a turnin' too........." As Puget Soundatonians, we must be old and jaded to aircraft building since Bill Boeing started them in Seattle in 1909. Heck Renton turns out a 737 at one a day.
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took this photo at IAD a few days ago..
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 I'm sure its a brilliant airplane but it will always give me a negative feeling. Sure, I'd fly it if given the right opportunity since I'm a whore to my industry but I'll never have the same affection for it that I do for the 747 or 777.
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1982 Porsche 911SC 3.0L warmed over
1983 Porsche SC
78 Porsche 911 Turbo
1972 porsche 72 rsr clone
1995 porsche 993
1995 porsche 993
1990 porsche C2 911
1966 porsche 911
1984 Porsche 911
2003 Porsche 996
1974 Porsche 911 Targa
2007 BMW Z4Mcoupe
1993 Mazda RX-7 R1
1991 Acura NSX
