Samsonite

I've read somewhere "they" came up with a new lithium/aluminum alloy that has the same strength to weight ratio as composites. So, the fuselage of the new 777s will be "usual" metal frame and skin, but the wings will be composites. They can make shapes with the composites that just can't be done with metals, supposedly. Boeing has constructed a huge building in Everett, WA (where they make everything but the 737) just to make composite wings. The building is gigantic, so I would think they have plans to use it to make more than 777 wings. Perhaps, bring the 787 wing manufacturing home from J

A point of order. In message #1334 the movie "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was the response to the actor named in the previous message, John Carradine who appeared in the 1960 version of the film. In message #1335, the response to "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was Mickey Rooney who appeared in the 1939 version of the film. So, is that response correct under the rules?

"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

Clifton James

From, https://opensource.com/article/18/12/top-security-advice

From an article in The New York Post,

"Mars Attacks!"

"Back to The Future"

Opera in name only. The company split apart several years ago and one of the founders went on his own and started Vivaldi with the goal of making it as similar to the original Opera as possible. Unfortunately, both Vivaldi and the "new" Opera are chrome clones, i.e., they are based on google's development engine known as chromium. The "new" Opera eventually sold itself to some Chinese outfit. I'll never use it again and I don't trust Vivaldi as I don't trust anything associated with Google. Edit in: Just logged on with Firefox. No problem. Looks better in Firefox tha

Elizabeth McGovern

From what I've seen of the "new" version on other sites, I much prefer the "old." It is isn't broke, don't fix it. :)

IIRC, the Mississippi Queen was the bar used in the movie, "The Deer Hunter". The best looking girls I've met in BBK have all, without exception, worked in bars on Patpong.

"The Conversation"

"The Professional"

Cargo planes fly for 30 to 40+ years, so brace yourself, the 747 will out live you. :)

As long as their are buyers. It is the only large cargo plane in production. Right now the777F, based on the 777-200LR, is very popular, but it doesn't have a nose door, so, as I said, cargo companies will continue to buy the 747-8F.

You may have overlooked John Quade, who made at least thirty flims.

For both the Boeing 747-8 and the Airbus 380 to survive as passenger planes there would have to be a massive increase in the number of people wanting to fly. When the 747 was the only and the biggest jumbo and there was nothing or very little in between it and the smaller aircraft, the airlines were able to fill a 747. With the improvements in engine fuel economy and reliability, composites and lighter weight aluminum alloys, the twin engine airliners cost less to operate (follow the money) and have taken over the passenger market. IIRC, one of the two new 777s, the 777-9, will almost be as l

Beautiful aircraft. Its days as a passenger airliner are numbered, but it will be flying for another 20 or 30 years or longer as a cargo plane. Over the last couple of years UPS ordered 28 of the 787-8F and as the cargo business recovers other will follow.

"The Thomas Crown Affair"

Agreed. I've flown on the upper deck many times and always enjoyed it (except the one flight on a JAL 747-400D as mentioned above). However, when Boeing stretched the upper deck, starting with the passenger version of the 747-300, it became too large for first class and many, if not most, airlines made the upper deck another business class section and moved first class to the very front (nose) of the lower deck.

Hard to believe she is 71 years old!!!!

An upgrade to business class?

Paul Newman