Boeing Moves Towards New Planes

maliabu writes "Boeing has named its new plane DreamLiner with plans for its future, which is set to fly in 2008. It'll be interesting to see how 'internet-ready' this 7E7 is. It can be very entertaining for all ages as you can brower the net, check emails, weather, watch movies (on demand), listen to music (on demand) or even cut codes some 30,000 feet in the sky! These articles also stated that "The 200-seat 7E7 is meant to replace [a faster plane called] Sonic Cruiser as Boeing's next new major commercial initiative" " I think most people following the airplane builders knew the Sonic Cruiser was dead before birth; but I still don't see how this plane is going to solve Boeing's sales problems.

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[Andy Dodd]

I don't care if the A380 might have a better "concept". Airbus engineers take shortcuts in their design of metal-composite joints that are just plain Bad Engineering, and I'm going to avoid flying on an Airbus jet if at all possible after what I've heard regarding their tail designs from someone familiar with the industry.

I refer you to the Brooklyn crash a few months after 9/11 where the tail of an Airbus plane basically fell apart...