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by PaddyOMaddy
Fri Mar 02, 2018 7:38 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing 797 Discussion Thread - 2018
Replies: 3491
Views: 469248

Re: Why is Boeing waiting to officially launch the NMA or the "797?"

Boeing have identified a potential gap in the market, but have said themselves that they have not yet constructed the business case. I believe Boeing's most recent statement was that they haven't yet been able to close the business case. ..and if they get it wrong , MOM could turn into a POP (pile ...

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by PaddyOMaddy
Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:38 am
Forum: Military Aviation & Space Flight
Topic: Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider Production And Delivery Thread
Replies: 326
Views: 96777

Re: Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider Production And Delivery Thread

This may be a stupid question, but why is it not called the B-3?

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by PaddyOMaddy
Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:08 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Why do some airlines order a round number of aircraft?
Replies: 18
Views: 9110

Re: Why do some airlines order a round number of aircraft?

TerminalD wrote:
Round numbers are half of all numbers, so there's a 50-50 chance it will be a round number!
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Half? Wilipedia: A round number is informally considered to be an integer that ends with one or more zeros

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_number

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