Re: Pinkerton On Hawking

From: Russell Wallace <russell.no.spam@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:15:10 +0100

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)

IIRC, the 747 was a big enough project that they were betting the company on it working out; and the SST they cancelled before any more money was wasted. I'm not familiar with the story behind the B-17, what was the near disaster there?

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