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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Yup. No way. Now moving the fabrication/assembly of certain non-ITAR components to China is very possible. You're going to see more of this, as building stuff in China is seen as one major way to make inroads into selling stuff in China. There is a large potential market for airplanes in China after the infrastructure is developed.
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Does anyone remember my recent post about history biting the a$$ of anyone forgetting history? I think that one was in the Afghan post... anyway.
Anyone remember Douglas 'licensing' the Chinese to build MD80's in Mainland China? Same EXACT stated reasoning. Inroads, all the same bull. They built 50ish of them. They were NEVER allowed out of domestic China. Build quality was unbelieveable. The very first crash was in the very first week. An entire window and it's supporting assembly 'detached' from the airframe, and went thru an engine. Plane crashed, all killed. Plane had 46 hours total time. Every one of those airframes were returned to the enviornment in fashion or another in 2 years. Made for some GREAT video moments. I have seen several. I would not walk under them at rest on the ramp.
Yeah, I would love to see a Chinese-built Boeing. Have no doubt one would show up at Harbor Freight in a month or so.