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17th November 2009, 08:53 PM
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787:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mimin/758753637/sizes/m/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitrebuad/3839096280/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/7702824...97189/sizes/m/ A320: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fl...ts2-53770.html http://www.airliners.net/photo/Airbu...5fe6af487ee76f Looks VERY different to me...  And then there is the 747-8: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fl...let-45892.html http://www.airways.cz/images/novinky...eing-747-8.jpg 
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#12
17th November 2009, 09:14 PM
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I was comparing to this impression of a 787 which is a 787-3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boeing_787-3.jpg Now they look very similar, but clearly the pics of the production 787 show how different it really is. Also your pictures clearly show it isn't 747-8 like either, and personaly I think it is more blended and swept than those on the 737, so there goes the theory that Phil and Nick had that the design was stolen from Boeing.
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#13
18th November 2009, 06:55 AM
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It's no accident they look similar
A: Aviations partners did the work on the Airbus version and Boeing Aviation partners did the Boeing models and B: As with almost anything involved with evolutionary design, there is a perfect design somewhere (especially with aerodynamics) and as each design gets closer to it, the more similar they look.
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18th November 2009, 10:16 AM
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My comment related to the linked photograph of a distinctly Boeing-like upswept wing tip which looks nothing remotely like the familiar Airbus 'sharklet'.
I simply observed that if Airbus had announced a new design of the kind depicted, it was distinctly Boeing-like. If Boeing's design in turn is based on something developed by McDonnell Douglas, then happy to acknowledge that but it wasn't the point of my observation.
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18th November 2009, 12:32 PM
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Last edited by Chris B.; 18th November 2009 at 04:59 PM. Reason: Added URL
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