Boeing Boeing Gone

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As Airbus sales grew, Boeing's other response was to deride the Europeans for discounting aircraft prices and relying on subsidies, conveniently ignoring the extent to which Boeing itself has relied on US defence contracts, and attracts tax incentives from Washington State to keep building aircraft in Seattle.

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Boeing Boeing Gone

Concorde's last flight provoked tears and eulogies from many thousands of people who had never even flown in her, including me. The slow demise of the Boeing 747, by contrast, is passing unnoticed and unmourned, despite its far greater significance in the evolution of modern travel, and in millions of personal stories, including mine.

The Jumbo Jet must rank as one of the very few commercial products that has actually changed t...

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