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British Manufacturing Decline

nah, we just stept aside so everybody else wouldnt get jelouse at our fine machines! :p:
 
Thanks for posting Stuartcox. Although this movie was made in the year I was born, not much have changed, except that most of the British aviation industry does not longer exist. However gouvernments still manage to put the tax payer's money down the drain. Like with costly projects like the Nimrod....

In the Netherlands the Dutch gouvernement kept supporting Fokker, even when the company was already in German hands.....

Cheers,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
Like with costly projects like the Nimrod....
Cheers,
Huub
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Even the 'new' Nimrod has a big question mark! I can't see our new government investing!
But it won't change my life (hopefully), I just find the deterioration very sad!
A Cousin of mine was just made redundant by BAE Systems and also QinitiQ is sacking people in Farnborough. They both used to be under Government control!
 
Lets hope they come up with some amazing new smart designs that will stun the world.

With groups like Boeing, I think they fear to be 'too' new in their 'new directions'. Just the Dreamliner is taking ages to create, though I pray they do not rush things. Its incredible how fast Airbus came out with the A380. How could they do this in so short of time??? Has it been secretly on the design table for a huge amount of time? Its like they knew just how to make it and knew just what the corporations wanted to purchase.

They certainly did their work on it.


Years ago, when I worked for Range Rover Development, Land Rover was owned by British Aerospace. We were all doing good back then. Then we were sold off... arrgh. That was grim. BA was powerful back then. A great and steady, stable corporation. Same with Landy. We were second only to Acura in customer satisfaction.


Make the best and know what your customers want exactly and they will come....
 
Lionheart said:
Its incredible how fast Airbus came out with the A380. How could they do this in so short of time??? Has it been secretly on the design table for a huge amount of time? Its like they knew just how to make it and knew just what the corporations wanted to purchase.
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I'm actually more amazed how fast Airbus is developing the A350. They certainly learned their lesson from the setback in the A380 programme.
 
Lionheart said:
Didnt they make the A380 in like 4 quick years?
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Heck no!

On 19 December 2000, the supervisory board of newly restructured Airbus voted to launch a €8.8-billion programme to build the A3XX, re-christened as the A380,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference">[24]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference">[25]</sup> with 50 firm orders from six launch customers.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference">[26]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference">[27]</sup> The A380 designation was a break from previous Airbus families, which had progressed sequentially from A300 to A340. It was chosen because the number 8 resembles the double-deck cross section, and is a lucky number in some Asian countries where the aircraft was being marketed.<sup id="cite_ref-norris_wagner_book_13-1" class="reference">[14]</sup> The aircraft’s configuration was finalised in early 2001, and manufacturing of the first A380 wing box component started on 23 January 2002. The development cost of the A380 had grown to €11 billion when the first aircraft was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-SeattlePIoverview_9-1" class="reference">[10]</sup>
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A380
 
Lionheart said:
lolol.. Roger...




Didnt they make the A380 in like 4 quick years?
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It was only quick because they took an A340, shoved a bicycle pump up its keester and inflated.
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