G Farris wrote:
In article k.net,
says...


If it had been one of those new fangled foreign made jobs it would have
fallen apart. Nothing like an over engineered American made product to
hold together when you need it most.... ;-)



UPS claims to be the largest airline in the world, in number of planes -
and they maintain them very well. The DC-8 in the picture is obviously
completely updated, with new, high-bypass ratio fans, and you can be
sure the flight deck lacks nothing.

It's a sad day though when we refer to European airliners as "newfangled"
and our own stuff as old fashioned.

G Faris

It was a joke. I making reference that when they built that airplane
they really BUILT that airplane. The fact it has lasted 40 or so years
in service is a testimate to our Engineering then and now.
Michelle