On this, the 100th anniversary of powered flight, a question arises. Disregarding how they're advertised, how are they built?
I would assume Airbus builds to hard metric. I would also assume that Boeing builds to inchpound. Did that change with the 777, and will it change with the proposed 7E7? Or are those/will those still be inchpound? And, has Boeing's inchpound manufacture cost it market share for that reason, as well as not having any new products for some time? Just curious -- wonder if anyone knows. Carleton
