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ARTICLES RELATED TO Airbus | | | |  Airbus: Encyclopedia II - Airbus - Competition with BoeingIn 2003, for the first time in its 33-year history, Airbus delivered more jet-powered airliners than Boeing. Boeing states that the Boeing 777 has outsold its Airbus counterparts, which include the A340 family as well as the A330-300. The smaller A330-200 competes with the 767, outselling its Boeing counterpart, but it is speculated that the introduction of the 787 may improve Boeing's market share in this segment and possibly outsell the A330. The A380 is anticipated to further reduce sales of the Boeing 747, gaining Airbus a share of the m ...
See also:Airbus, Airbus - History, Airbus - Airbus formed, Airbus - Civilian products, Airbus - Military products, Airbus - Competition with Boeing, Airbus - Subsidies, Airbus - WTO litigation, Airbus - Stiff Competition in Japan, Airbus - International manufacturing presence, Airbus - Workforce by countries, Airbus - Workforce by sites, Airbus - Airliner Deliveries Read more here: » Airbus: Encyclopedia II - Airbus - Competition with Boeing |
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| | | | Airbus: Encyclopedia II - Boeing - History
Boeing - Before 1950s.
The company was founded in Seattle by William E. Boeing on July 15, 1916, together with George Conrad Westervelt, a U.S. Navy engineer, and was named "B&W" after their initials. Soon the name was changed to "Pacific Aero Products" and, in 1917, the company became the "Boeing Airplane Company." William E. Boeing had studied at Yale University and worked initially in the timber industry, where he became a rich man. There he also acquired knowledge about wooden structures which was later revealed to be of value for the ...
See also:Boeing, Boeing - History, Boeing - Before 1950s, Boeing - 1950s, Boeing - 1960s, Boeing - 1970s, Boeing - 1980s, Boeing - 1990s, Boeing - 2000s, Boeing - Recent history, Boeing - Unethical conduct, Boeing - Industrial espionage, Boeing - Airbus subsidy dispute, Boeing - Product developments, Boeing - Divisions, Boeing - Employment Numbers, Boeing - Employment By Location, Boeing - Employment by Group Division, Boeing - Corporate governance, Boeing - Current Board of Directors, Boeing - Chief executive officer, Boeing - Chairman of the board, Boeing - President, Boeing - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Boeing: Encyclopedia II - Boeing - History |
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| | | | Airbus: Encyclopedia II - Concorde - Origins In the late 1950s the British, French, Americans and Soviets were all interested in developing supersonic transport.
Britain's Bristol Aeroplane Company and France's Sud Aviation were both working on designs, called the Type 233 and Super-Caravelle respectively. Both were largely funded by their respective governments as a way of gaining some foothold in the aircraft market that was until ...
See also:Concorde, Concorde - Origins, Concorde - Technological features, Concorde - Scheduled flights, Concorde - Passenger experience, Concorde - Paris crash, Concorde - Withdrawal from service, Concorde - Air France, Concorde - British Airways, Concorde - Aircraft histories, Concorde - Cultural and political impact, Concorde - Dimensions and specifications, Concorde - Trivia, Concorde - Possible replacement, Concorde - Films and Television Read more here: » Concorde: Encyclopedia II - Concorde - Origins |
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| | | | Airbus: Encyclopedia - Anthony Meyer Sir Anthony John Charles Meyer, Bt., (October 27, 1920 – December 24, 2004) was a British soldier, diplomat, and Conservative Party politician, best known for standing against Margaret Thatcher for the party leadership in 1989. He was passionately in favour of the European Union, and this and other policies led to him becoming increasingly marginalised in Thatcher's Conservative Party.
Meyer's Hamburg, Germany-born Jewish grandfather, Carl Frederick Meyer, migrated to Britain in the late 19th century, when he worked for the R ...
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