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In article ,
whisky-dave wrote:
Only 20 were ever built. of those only 14 went into passenger service.


Partly because of the price of fuel and you do remmber the problems with
fuel in the early 70s.


The problems with fuel didn't seem to stop other aircraft operating
profitably.

It didnlt mean the technology was a failure.


No one said it was. Just commercially not viable.

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