Charlie Stross wrote:
> If the A3XX is successful, Boeing are going to feel very pinched around
> 2008; the ageing 747 is already being nibbled away at the low end by
> the 777 and A340, and by 2006 the process will start at the high end when
> the 3XX is on sale.
>
> Boeing will then have a choice: try and build a 3XX-beater -- a
> super-Jumbo -- or do something completely new. The super-Jumbo won't be
> easy; by that point the 747 family will be over forty years old, so my
> guess is a new airframe will be in order. However, if the Asian economies
> have stabilised, a 350 seater SST would give them a very interesting
> market proposition.
Actually, Boeing was doing development studies for a large super Jumbo
6-8 years ago that was so big it had to fold its wings up after landing
in order to fit in normal airports.
-- TANSTAAFLMike Lorrey
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