Re: GRIFFIN'S DRIVE FOR SHUTTLE-DERIVED


"John Halpenny" <j.halpenny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote:
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> Actually, a lot of cargo 747s and other planes ARE less reliable. A large
part
> of the freight fleet is made up of older, high time aircraft that are
still
> technically legal but are not quite as well looked after as the latest
versions.
> They are, of course, much cheaper.

But note they were not intentionally BUILT that way.

(I'd also love to see actual statistics to back up that claim. I can't
recall any 747 freighters crashing in the last 10 years.)


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> John Halpenny
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