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whisky-dave wrote:

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So why did they put in an order for them if they were never going to be
viable ?

perhaps they didn't know that at then time.

BOAC only took theirs because they
got them for free.

So why did others order them ?

Which others? Onlt Air France had them.

None of the other were ever
going to be actually stupid enough to pay for any.

So why order them ?

They didn't

The price of fuel didn‘t stop vast numbers of 747s
being sold at the same time, because it was viable.

because they were more fuel efficint and larger meaning more passengers.

A similar thinmg happened in the USA with gas guzzerlers the large american cars like hummer that do single figure miles per gallon.



and you do remmber the problems with fuel in the early 70s.

Didn‘t stop vast numbers of 747s being sold at the same time.

Because they were designed for mass transport that is why.



It didnlt mean the technology was a failure.

Corse it was given that it could only fly supersonic over water.

It could fly supersonic over land and did

No it didn't - but yes it could.

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