At 07:04 PM 11/6/2011, Terry Blanton wrote:
Is it any wonder why Boeing will allow manufacturing of all parts of
their airplanes in other countries except the wings? After all, it's
the wing IP which makes the planes really reliable.
(Without googling) -- I thought Boeing gave away the wing design to Japan.
Ask those who made the Comet.
The weak point of the comet was the corners of the square windows.
(And btw, the Comet never went away ... OOPS : the comet-based Nimrod
DID finally retire, on June 28, 2011).
