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In article <ewright.726276670@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
>In <1993Jan5.211129.20772@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:

>>Interesting street rumor reported on the business report of NBC Sunrise
>>program this morning. Apparently, Boeing is negotiating a partnership
>>with a Japanese and a German firm to underwrite the development of the
>>next generation widebody airliner, reportedly seats 600. 

>This is "news" only to NBC.  Boeing has been negotiating the 777
>project for several years now.  

The 777 is not the plane in question.  If memory serves, the 777 will be a 
twin-engine plane with a seating capacity between that of the 767 and 747, 
whereas the plane Gary mentioned will be signifigantly larger than the 747 
and probably will be a four-engine plane.

According to CNN, Boeing is holding preliminary talks with Deutshce Aerospace,
although the expectation is that eventually the talks will include the 
Airbus consortium.  No Japanese involvement was mentioned, but CNN is hardly 
omniscient.  It was also mentioned that the proposed plane wouldn't fly until
after the turn of the century.
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Matthew DeLuca
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