Re: Pinkerton On Hawking

"Paul F. Dietz" <dietz@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:

On the aerospace side you
have Boeing - which has averted near disaster *in their field of
competence* no fewer than three times on what seemed at the time to be
'sure bets'. (B-17, 747, SST) I'm sure we can all come up with
examples.

Out of curiosity, in what way was near disaster averted by Boeing
on the SST? By having congress not fund it?

No, I meant that the cancellation of the SST was a near disaster - I
was not clear on that at all. (Each of the three represent different
ways to almost kill your company.)

D.
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