Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Animal Sorry to have to contradict you, but the only Boeing commercial jet powered by the CFM-56 is the 737. They are also used on a military re-engining program on KC-135/7, but that is it. Boeing 717, 727, early 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777 all used Pratt &Whitney, GE, or Rolls Royce power plants, not CFM. Jerry Yes, I am intimately familiar with CATIA, which was French. animal wrote: > : Re: [Leica] RE:European technology > > > Animal > > > > I don't think that SNECMA had much to do with Airbus, only > > in a consortium with GE to form CFM, whose CFM-56 powers > > some of the smaller Airbus models. > > > > Jerry > it powers most Boeings > just included it in a list of French high tech. > For aerospace should have included > dassault for its software CATIA > with which all boeings since the 767 have been designed. > As a matter of fact when the first triple was rolled out the engineering > cry was catia. > Could go on with a list of ships in this silly discussion. > An objective way might be to compare patent grants. > Think you,d find Switserland to excell there. > Also research has little to do with final manufacturing. > Take windows and apple based computing for instance. > Has Parc ever become a houshold name? > .simon > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html