[rollei_list] Re: OT - The Concorde
- From: Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 22:32:56 -0400
At 07:36 PM 4/21/05 -0400, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>Marc James Small:
>
>> (snipped) while the government subsidies necessary to
>> produce the Boeing 707
>
>
>I'd be interested in any detail or documentation you could add to this...
Eric
This is not my area of expertise. In short, the US Air Force guaranteed a
certain number of purchases from Boeing for the C-135 which enabled Boeing
to then proceed with construction with a guaranteed income. This process
continues today and is a carry-over of the Interwar system which kept many
early airplane companies in business during the Depression.
"The Europeans give subsidies, the US orders aircraft".
Marc
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