That was a very helpful post by Adam Smith.
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More proof of the U.S. downfall. Viva la france!
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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Concorde was a big loser too.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
We've got both kinds
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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
I heard that some models of the plane would seat up to 800 passengers. Can you imagine the stink when one of those babies goes down?
IIRC, the jets really can't accomodate more than 600 or so passengers due to weight restrictions. As was previously noted, it is already believed some seriously new technology is needed to go beyond the weight of these planes. Accomodating 200+ more passengers would entail a huge increase in weight, between them, the seats and their baggage.Tutto nel mondo è burla
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On another note, how is boarding handled for these monsters? It's already crowded for 200-300 people waiting at one gate...imagine 555! I would imagine the planes would have two gates for boarding? Or are the European airports having to build new gates to accomodate these behemoths?Tutto nel mondo è burla
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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
On another note, how is boarding handled for these monsters? It's already crowded for 200-300 people waiting at one gate...imagine 555! I would imagine the planes would have two gates for boarding? Or are the European airports having to build new gates to accomodate these behemoths?"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003
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Originally posted by Dissident
they've been talking of high speed rail between LA and Las Vegas for so many years now. I'll believe it when I see it
Eventually you would think it has to happen. Already the strip is almost unusuable for passenger vehicles. They really should concentrate on getting people here, not their cars.
The bigges obstacle is cost. The second is risk. The cost wouldn't be a big deal if there was some assurance they can make a profit.
I'm not even sure if our monorail will even make a profit. But it's been doing okay so far (and it's winter time as well).
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I think the real key is that Airbus has yet to repay any anywhere close to its R&D costgs out of its profits.“It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
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Originally posted by Giancarlo
Reminds me of the way smaller scale, (jet) Fokker 100 project... a great design for the market, but man what a money loser that one was.
I think this will probably end up in bankruptcy.Stop Quoting Ben
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Che, I'm surprised at what you said about the GOP in Florida being against building railroads. Here in Kalifornia, it is the Dems who are against building infrastructure of any kind. The reason we are even discussing building RR's here in Kalifornia is because of Arnold.
With regard to the Airbus subsidies, I think we should bar Airbus planes that benefitted from subsidies from using US airspace for a number of years equal to the advantage the subsidies gave them.http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/JOrbisPlayer.php?path=John+Williams+The+Imperial+M arch+from+The+Empire+Strikes+Back.ogg&wiki=en
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Originally posted by Ned
Che, I'm surprised at what you said about the GOP in Florida being against building railroads. Here in Kalifornia, it is the Dems who are against building infrastructure of any kind. The reason we are even discussing building RR's here in Kalifornia is because of Arnold.
With regard to the Airbus subsidies, I think we should bar Airbus planes that benefitted from subsidies from using US airspace for a number of years equal to the advantage the subsidies gave them.
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Originally posted by MikeH
Concorde was a big loser too.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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Originally posted by BeBro
Yes, max. number given is 840(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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