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 No, they did not outnumber the others. The 717 uses a RollsRoyce/BMW consortium engine that has been re-designed about 40 times. Jerry animal wrote: > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html