"Jim Stewart" wrote in message
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Phil wrote:
Thirty Five percent more fuel efficient. That would translate into
less expensive tickets. And just a fraction of the noise. But will
Boeing ever build something like this? Or will they wait until Airbus
or Embraer or the Chinese or the Russians build one?


http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviatio...cbccdrcrd.html

Well, you can bet that all the Boeing
engineers would give their collective
left nuts for a 35% increase in fuel
efficiency.



Gee - it should be easy to get a 35% improvement.

Just get congress to pass a law requiring it - That's supposed to be how it
works for the auto industry - right?

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