Simviation Forum - Boeing Name Format

Jul 23^rd, 2006 at 9:39am

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Does anyone know why the Boeing family of jet airliners are all 7x7? I have done some research and not found anything about WHY this name format was chosen?

If anyone knows, could they enlighten me? this has really been bugging me for some time!

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Reply #1 - Jul 23^rd, 2006 at 10:14am

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Dunno. What I do know though is that the 787 was not named as such just to sell it to the asian markets as some believe.

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Reply #2 - Jul 23^rd, 2006 at 10:18am

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still the 7E7 as far as I am concerned, sounds cooler Grin

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Reply #3 - Jul 23^rd, 2006 at 10:22am

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You'll be calling it 787 by the time it starts flying.

Hey, guess what the next Boeing airliner is going to be called.

My guess is 797. Though I could be wrong as it wouldn't persuade certain markets to buy it over the Airbus equivilent. Tongue

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Reply #4 - Jul 23^rd, 2006 at 12:05pm

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Dunno. What I do know though is that the 787 was not named as such just to sell it to the asian markets as some believe.

sorry, i dont follow? lol

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Reply #5 - Jul 23^rd, 2006 at 12:10pm

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the number 8 is considered lucky in china.

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Reply #6 - Jul 23^rd, 2006 at 3:46pm

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http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2004/february/i_history.html

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Reply #7 - Jul 24^th, 2006 at 10:31am

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wow great find. I guess that answers my question pretty comprehensivly!

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