Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ok but how many 737 300,s and later were build??????? Didn,t these outnumber all the others? Btw what engine is offered on the 717 BMW? Wasn,the CF6 a co effort as well? No problem i like contradiction. Like in problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back? best regards simon p.s wont be able to reply for the next week or so at least, have to burn some kerosene again. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] RE:European technology > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html