Author Topic: Beautiful aircraft (Read 1671 times)

Debonair · « **Reply #60 on:** April 04, 2006, 05:57:12 PM »

And now...the rest of the story
it ceased to exist in 1906

beet1e · « **Reply #61 on:** April 05, 2006, 05:33:27 AM »

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Originally posted by straffo
but since we learned

J/K Furby

I wish this had not been sold to Argentina.

~~the crew of HMS Sheffield, 1982.~~

Rino · « **Reply #62 on:** April 05, 2006, 09:23:59 AM »

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Originally posted by Hangtime
so that's where the french hide their subs!

The little wheels on the bottom are a dead giveaway

Ripsnort · « **Reply #63 on:** April 05, 2006, 09:27:32 AM »

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Originally posted by straffo
except Airbus was founded in 1972

For the kids : http://www.airbus.com/store/mm_repository/pdf/att00006084/media_object_file_A380_airbuscolours.pdf

Correction to my post above, it was a picture from its first flight in 1969.
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/background.html

Sorry for the poor quality of pic:

So now you know where Airbus stole the name from, a very successful company

StSanta · « **Reply #64 on:** April 05, 2006, 10:50:21 AM »

Hm yes, because airliners aren't glorified buses that fly. Airbus. Wow, where could one even conceive of such a name?

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #65 on:** April 05, 2006, 11:38:11 AM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
I wish this had not been sold to Argentina.

~~the crew of HMS Sheffield, 1982.~~

~~Well ... if you must know, we sold the Exocet to Argentina, and the associated counter measure to Great Britain.~~

Hangtime · « **Reply #66 on:** April 05, 2006, 12:03:06 PM »

ppssssssst. Frenchy.. it's 'they'. not 'we'.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #67 on:** April 05, 2006, 01:03:47 PM »

"they" is for sissies.