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787 Scrapped

Postby Sickbag » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:14 pm

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Boeing Co. (BA) is close to scrapping the 787-3, a short-range version of its 787 Dreamliner, after its two Japanese customers opted to convert to the 787-8 version.


http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-201 ... dlinesAsia

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Re: 787 Scrapped

Postby Verbal » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:42 pm

I predicted this.
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Re: 787 Scrapped

Postby Sickbag » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:56 pm

I predicted this.
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I predicted you would ask this.
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Re: 787 Scrapped

Postby Not_Karl » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:56 pm

I predicted you would ask this.
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Re: 787 Scrapped

Postby Sickbag » Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:12 pm

It was all on the old forum.

All of it.

Yes.
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Re: 787 Scrapped

Postby Verbal » Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:19 pm

Ah yes, of course. The old forum.
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Re: 787 Scrapped

Postby Sickbag » Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:46 pm

Ah yes, of course. The old forum.

Yes, a real tragedy, all my collected aviation industry wisdom lost; like tears down a sewer.
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Re: 787 Scrapped

Postby Not_Karl » Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:19 pm

I predicted this.
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First post of the "787 troubles..." thread.

(...but he only bolded it :()
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Re: 787 Scrapped

Postby Sickbag » Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:12 am

I predicted this.
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First post of the "787 troubles..." thread.

(...but he only bolded it :()

Good find!

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Re: 787 Scrapped

Postby supersean » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:57 am

But the 789 is getting back on track!

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