Oh drat. The correction was unnecessary. I prefixed with "In the U.S."
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: Bill Potts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 13:22 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: RE: [USMA:27903] Re: Airbus and metric > > >Correction. > >I should have said the United was the only U.S. customer. > >Bill Potts, CMS >Roseville, CA >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Bill Potts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 13:21 >>To: U.S. Metric Association >>Subject: RE: [USMA:27903] Re: Airbus and metric >> >> >>Han Maenen wrote: >>>Indeed, Airbus did not exist yet in 1962 The Caravelle jet was built by a >>>French aircraft builder, but I do not know its name. I read the >>>1964 edition >>>of the Etude Critique, and there the Caravelle and the way it was >>developed >>>and built was mentioned. >> >>The manufacturer was Sud Aviation. In the U.S., United Airlines >>was, I think, the only customer for the Caravelle. Air France, of >>course, had a large number of them. >> >>The Caravelle's major flaw was not airframe related. For some >>reason, the engines had a tendency to cut out in flight. Like the >>MD-80 (now called the Boeing 717), it had twin rear jets. There >>were quite a few cases of one engine failing. There was one case >>of both engines failing. However the pilot managed to restart them. >> >>Apart from the interesting shape of its stabilizer, it had odd >>windows -- triangular (equilateral, slightly rounded, with rounded >>corners, apex up). >> >>That's all from my memory of contemporaneous news reports and >>photographs, so I'm really dating myself. >> >>Bill Potts, CMS >>Roseville, CA >>http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
