Larry
2008-03-05 12:35:29

Besides, I dont believe for a second that either France or Germany would be willing to sacrifice that much money to make a political statement.

This is the same Airbus that came out with the A380, after Boeing determined that they could never get their development budget back from a double-decker, even though it would have been a lot cheaper for them to modify a 747 than it was for Airbus to design the A380 from scratch.

Does “Concorde” ring any bells?