Simviation Forum - Boeing goes back to the future...

Aug 29^th, 2005 at 8:54am

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos/photo.asp?PhotoID=71749

I'm sure I've seen this nose somewhere before...

...anyone guess where...

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Reply #1 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 9:10am

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That's rather like the late lamented Concorde.

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Reply #2 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 10:14am

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If you continue the nose curvature down to a point, it appears that Messrs Boeing have admitted that the Hatfield team got the nose aerodynamics right nearly 60 years ago with the Comet(ok, windows weren't their forte though...).

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Reply #3 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 10:24am

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Personally i cant wait for the 7E7 sorry 787 Roll Eyes

to be built, this things going to be an amazing plane.

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Reply #4 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 12:05pm

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If you continue the nose curvature down to a point, it appears that Messrs Boeing have admitted that the Hatfield team got the nose aerodynamics right nearly 60 years ago with the Comet(ok, windows weren't their forte though...).

I think it was a wee bit more than coincidence that the front section of the Caravelle was a straight graft from the Comet 1?

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Reply #5 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 12:19pm

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I think it was a wee bit more than coincidence that the front section of the Caravelle was a straight graft from the Comet 1?

Completely uncoincidental I think...

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Reply #6 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 12:32pm

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Completely uncoincidental I think...

More than coincidence:

"Two months later the SNCASE received official notification that its design had been accepted. On July 6 1953 the SGACC ordered two prototypes and two static airframes for fatigue testing. Sud's design licensed several fuselage features from De Havilland, a company Sud had dealings with for several earlier designs. The nose area and cockpit layout were both taken directly from the Comet, while the rest of the plane was locally designed."

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Reply #7 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 12:43pm

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Not suprising really - wasn't it Sud who manufactured the Vampire and Venom under license in France? It makes sense - why redesign the most complex part of an aircraft if you don't need to...

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Reply #8 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 4:39pm

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one wonders what will happen when they reach 797?
will they go on to 808 or somthin like that or some other random numbers?

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Reply #9 - Aug 30^th, 2005 at 3:51am

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one wonders what will happen when they reach 797?
will they go on to 808 or somthin like that or some other random numbers?

x0x (anything with a zero in the middle) is worldwide registered by Peugeot (that was after the Boeing )707. No-one can use these numbers (Porsche tried... and the result is the 911, which actually was '901' first)

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Reply #10 - Aug 30^th, 2005 at 11:16am

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x0x (anything with a zero in the middle) is worldwide registered by Peugeot (that was after the Boeing )707. No-one can use these numbers (Porsche tried... and the result is the 911, which actually was '901' first)

Also the Mercedes C-101 show car, had to become the C-111....

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Reply #11 - Aug 30^th, 2005 at 11:22am

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So it's gonna have to skip and become 818 ...

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Reply #12 - Aug 30^th, 2005 at 11:41am

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So it's gonna have to skip and become 818 ...

Unless someone beats them to it & registers x1x numbers first. The whole thing is becoming ridiculous. IMHO

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Reply #13 - Aug 30^th, 2005 at 11:32pm

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i always wanted to ask...

does anyone know why boeing names their aircraft like that?
why the 7's? is it a supersticious thing or is there a technical reason?

Tongue

just wondering...

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