Boeing 787

According to one Flight Simulator site, the Boeing
7E7 is now officially the 787. They are currently
changing all references to downloads of the plane
from 7E7 to 787. According to the site's press
release, Boeing has officially renamed the 7E7
to 787, according to flightsim.com

"Charles Newman" . on.sight
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According to one Flight Simulator site, the Boeing
7E7 is now officially the 787. They are currently
changing all references to downloads of the plane
from 7E7 to 787. According to the site's press
release, Boeing has officially renamed the 7E7
to 787, according to flightsim.com




Hmm, wonder if the Flight Simulator site would tell me the price of hot dogs
at O'Hare?

In article . net, Blake
S says...
Hmm, wonder if the Flight Simulator site would tell me the price of hot dogs
at O'Hare?

It's under the options menu. Check foodstuffs and specify mustard or
mayo to get the appropriate stain on your boarding pass.

Pete, making it up as he goes along

In article , Charles Newman says...

According to one Flight Simulator site, the Boeing
7E7 is now officially the 787. They are currently
changing all references to downloads of the plane
from 7E7 to 787. According to the site's press
release, Boeing has officially renamed the 7E7
to 787, according to flightsim.com

Apparently this is to make it more attractive to Asian carriers where 8
is a lucky number. Weird.

Pete, thinking that the A380 has got a leg up in that market

Well... The Chinese word for the number "8" sounded like the Chinese
word for "happy". It's not weird at all, it's like calling an
aircraft's engine with the acronym of "Super Advance Flight Engine"
(S.A.F.E.).

On the other hand, the Chinese word for the number "4" sounded like the
Chinese word for "death", and it's considered to be an unlucky number.

That's why China Southern ordered 5 A380 instead of 4 A380. The Airbus
340 and the Boeing 747 also might be a difficult sell toward the
Chinese market, though the Chinese might have soften a little to the
747, if they consider the number 7 to be also lucky.

It's kinda like calling a home with the acronym of "Computerized
Reliable Advance Super Home" (C.R.A.S.H.).



As for Asian carriers liking the number "8".

Only the Chinese ones and the Japanese ones. The rest of Asia don't
care much about the number "8" unless they deal with the Chinese and
the Japanese.



As for the A380.

Well... The "8" in "A380" is definetly used to attract the Chinese
market.

The argument of the "8" was used because of the shape of the fuselage
was never really a convincing one, and that argument probably is use to
convince those who are against numberology to accept the A380.

However, despite the clever numbering and the high capacity of the
Airbus A380, it doesn't necessary would be a big hit in the Chinese
domestic market.

You see, the Chinese domestic air travel while is quite high in the
amount passengers traveling, it's quite fragmented and irratic.

So it's not like a large amount of people travelling into certain
cities at certain times, it's more a small to medium amount of people
travelling into a LOT of cities at a diverse times.

However, there's a high peak season here and there (like the upcoming
Chinese New Year), so the Airbus A380 probably would be a good thing,
provided that the airports are capable of loading and unloading the
passengers effieciently (there are reasons on why the early concepts of
the Boeing 747 becoming a full double decker airline were rejected).

It should be noted that due the fragmented and irratic nature of the
Chinese domestic air travel, the Chinese operated a LOT of the
McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 family (notice the "8" trend again), I once
ride a China Southern MD-90.

And I think that there are a lot of companies in China that produce
parts for the MD-80 family.

And guess who own McDonnell-Douglas now?

China Southern seems to operate a lot of Boeing 737 too.



As for Boeing 787.

It's not really that suprising that the 7E7 will become the 787.

The E in the 7E7 is bound to be a number anyway, the 787 is the next
number inline after the 777, and of course, there's the Chinese factor
of the 787.

If things go for the 787 family like it did for the MD-80 family and
the 737 family, the 787 family probably would be a hit in the Chinese
market.


With the number 787 filled, that would mean that final number of the
7X7 family is the 797. If the Sonic Cruiser did become a production
model, the 797 probably would have been taken by the Sonic Cruiser.

Or maybe Boeing now would jump to the 8X8 family now, aftering the
Chinese markets?

wrote:

As for Asian carriers liking the number "8".

Only the Chinese ones and the Japanese ones. The rest of Asia don't
care much about the number "8" unless they deal with the Chinese and
the Japanese.

The number "8" has no significance to the Japanese, either. "4" is
traditionally avoided where possible, because it sounds the same as the word
for death, but that obviously never frightened away Japanese carriers from
buying Boeing 747-400s.


--
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan

wrote in message
Well... The Chinese word for the number "8" sounded like the Chinese
word for "happy". It's not weird at all, it's like calling an
aircraft's engine with the acronym of "Super Advance Flight Engine"
(S.A.F.E.).

On the other hand, the Chinese word for the number "4" sounded like the
Chinese word for "death", and it's considered to be an unlucky number.

That's why China Southern ordered 5 A380 instead of 4 A380. The Airbus
340 and the Boeing 747 also might be a difficult sell toward the
Chinese market, though the Chinese might have soften a little to the
747, if they consider the number 7 to be also lucky.

It's kinda like calling a home with the acronym of "Computerized
Reliable Advance Super Home" (C.R.A.S.H.).

Even today on many aircraft they don't have a row 13 and in some airports
they don't have a gate 13.