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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:28 PM Original message |
Why aren't they building faster planes instead of bigger ones? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Too expensive to operate. |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes, certainly at current oil prices it's very expensive |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Physics. You can't make an existing airplane go faster |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Thanks |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Cost and Physics? |
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1000evorlrak (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. The A-380 is the Toulouse Goose.... |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Singapore Airlines just got its goose |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Going back a loooong way, but if I recall correctly, |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That sounds familiar -- would explain why Concorde never made any money. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. With the American concept of "bigger and better", I'm surprised these haven't caught on: |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. The cost could be reasonable |
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