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Re:Why the Boeing 737 will never take the place of the 757 by rsynnott on Sunday November 10, 2019 @09:20AM (#21498026)
It was always hard to develop a new plane. For all that the author waxes rhapsodic about the 747's 2 year design to test flight, the 747 development process very nearly killed Boeing (it brought Boeing far closer to the brink than the a380 did for Airbus).
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Re:Why the Boeing 737 will never take the place of the 757 by Gravityloss on Sunday November 10, 2019 @12:00PM (#21498815)
That's true! This book, "The Jetmakers" is available online and it talks about these things, but in the 1945 to 1972 time frame. It is a good read.

http://www.generalatomic.com/jetmakers/index.html

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