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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:46 PM Original message |
China's first home-made jet flies |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. ? |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. American airplane manufacturers have been manufacturing parts and subsystems in China for years. |
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ksimons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. good for them, if they can do it, let them go for it |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. if you want to steal a plane to copy.. dont copy an MD-80 |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 02:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. you have no idea how much this will further hurt the US economy |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's reverse-engineering |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. No....they....won't.... |
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DonEBrook (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. You're mistaken...because 100 years of 'sophistication' can be implemented |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Not likely..... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Even selling to those markets would hurt Boeing. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 02:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. I agree |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The Japanese actually reverse-engineered... |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. China can and does produce many high quality products. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. That is VERY true. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Cheap |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. it isn't reverse engineered - we sold them the whole works |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. "did not rise above 900 metres in altitude due to safety reasons"? |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. That's because the planes are made from bamboo |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Test flights are very incremental |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'll pass thanks... |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. This plane is a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 "NG" |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. "NG" - abbreviation for "No Go"? Like the Chevy Nova in Mexico or Spain, |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Next Generation.... |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Holy Fuck!!!! |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Hope they used up as much of their melamine supply as possible. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. What isn't 'an addiction'? (nt) |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
17. Well, it can't be made out of lead... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. hahaha, you never know... |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
21. Lovely lead paint finish....nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. Good. Now the government needs to stop subsidies to Boeing, and make them "compete" |
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scisyhp1 (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. That should say "first home-made passanger jet". |
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