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To: energyplay who wrote (47705)	3/21/2009 9:48:59 PM
From: paintbrush	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219650

The A380 is so big, it simply cannot taxi to the jetway, no room at the gate. Not much use if you can't load and unload.

To: energyplay who wrote (47705)	3/22/2009 4:50:18 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 219650

B747 was a mistake that worked. Boeing planned a big plane to sell while the Supersonic jets would be designed and produced. Their goal was to sell B747 as interim solution, then transform the B747's into cargo planes while the supersonic jets would take over as passenger carrier. That future did not happen as Boeing envisaged and we are still flying the good old B747s today. It must be noted that the 70's was a time when engineering was seeing as a solution for everything ting and the future was not studied as social but as technical progress. It took Alvin Tofler to start looking to the future more on a societal rather than on a technological basis. After he discovered this lucrative field of futurism he was emulated by many. I read many futurist books. I can't recall they writing that trends were created in the Sweden and California. Which I found preposterous!! How could half a dozen Sweden plus a dozen Californians create trends meaningfull to 6 billion (soon to become 7 billion) people? Today perhaps -I stopped reading futurists' books almost 209 years ago- I could like to read the new wave of futurist books to see what they are saying