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- From: matthew@phantom.gatech.edu (Matthew DeLuca)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: foreign partnerships was(Re: How many flights are Orbiters)
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- Date: 6 Jan 93 00:31:02 GMT
- References: <ewright.726167217@convex.convex.com> <1993Jan5.211129.20772@ke4zv.uucp> <ewright.726276670@convex.convex.com>
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- In article <ewright.726276670@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >In <1993Jan5.211129.20772@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
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- >>Interesting street rumor reported on the business report of NBC Sunrise
- >>program this morning. Apparently, Boeing is negotiating a partnership
- >>with a Japanese and a German firm to underwrite the development of the
- >>next generation widebody airliner, reportedly seats 600.
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- >This is "news" only to NBC. Boeing has been negotiating the 777
- >project for several years now.
-
- The 777 is not the plane in question. If memory serves, the 777 will be a
- twin-engine plane with a seating capacity between that of the 767 and 747,
- whereas the plane Gary mentioned will be signifigantly larger than the 747
- and probably will be a four-engine plane.
-
- According to CNN, Boeing is holding preliminary talks with Deutshce Aerospace,
- although the expectation is that eventually the talks will include the
- Airbus consortium. No Japanese involvement was mentioned, but CNN is hardly
- omniscient. It was also mentioned that the proposed plane wouldn't fly until
- after the turn of the century.
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