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EADS in hot water?
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:07 pm
by 262crew
Re: EADS in hot water?
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:33 pm
by bdk
At least those government subsidies are being put to good use!
Re: EADS in hot water?
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:55 am
by The Inspector
Re: EADS in hot water?
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:57 am
by JDK
"Look to Lockheed for Leadership"...
Re: EADS in hot water?
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:38 pm
by 67Cougar
50 million Euros in bribes to gain an order for 15 fighters? Wow ... makes you wonder how much they were/are throwing around trying to land the USAF tanker contract.
Re: EADS in hot water?
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:58 am
by The Inspector
67Cougar wrote:50 million Euros in bribes to gain an order for 15 fighters? Wow ... makes you wonder how much they were/are throwing around trying to land the USAF tanker contract.
My curiosity has always been just where does the money come from to redesign their supposed 787 competitor? They seem to redesign it about every 18 months.
I suppose if Henry Ford had kept fiddling around with the Model T design, he'd have eventually evolved it into a Ferrari.

Re: EADS in hot water?
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:57 pm
by wendovertom
I suppose if Henry Ford had kept fiddling around with the Model T design, he'd have eventually evolved it into a Ferrari
thank heaven he didn't - the GT-40 was a far better car and the 1-2-3 finish in 1966 at LeMans was a beautiful thing. . .
Tom P.
Re: EADS in hot water?
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:42 pm
by The Inspector
wendovertom wrote:I suppose if Henry Ford had kept fiddling around with the Model T design, he'd have eventually evolved it into a Ferrari
thank heaven he didn't - the GT-40 was a far better car and the 1-2-3 finish in 1966 at LeMans was a beautiful thing. . .
Tom P.
I agree, it's a good thing that il commenditore told the Deuce 'no' alto, having a local dealership floor covered in 250 GTO SWB's would have been a happy thing, then there wouldn't have been 240Z's