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Pontifications: Boeing focuses on design, production vs airplane development–for now

By Scott Hamilton May 11, 2020, © Leeham News: Boeing killed development of its alphabet soup of airplane concepts for now. “For now” is a relative term. When Boeing will be ready to show concepts to customers as… Read More

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 Posted on May 11, 2020 by Scott Hamilton

 Airbus, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Pontifications, Spirit Aerosystems

     737 MAX, 767, 777X, 787, AerCap, Air Lease Corp., Airbus, Angus Kelly, Boeing, David Calhoun, New Midmarket Airplane, NMA, Spirit Aerosystems

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