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Old Apr 26, 2004 | 12:03 pm
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With all due respect to the NH order...
Originally Posted by BearX220
It's also the biggest launch order in the history of Boeing... far outstripping Juan Trippe's launch order for 25 747s for Pan Am.
I'd say PA's order for the 747 was more daring in relative terms. The commercial airline business was much smaller in those days, as were the a/c. The 7E7 for the most part replaces existing a/c while the 747 was a tremendous leap in capacity. A big bet-the-farm for both Pan Am and Boeing.
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