What's a Boing 777-300ER?
May 26, 2013 | 9:26 pm
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May 27, 2013 | 10:43 am
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He was born in Detroit. His father, Wilhelm Bing, was born in Germany.
Anglicised the name before WW I. And he followed the German custom of changing the "" to "oe" *) in non-German languages. Since English speakers tend to simply ignore umlauts, they would have spelled his name Boing.
*) That was the original spelling anyway, the "" was introduced as a shorthand for "oe".
Anglicised the name before WW I. And he followed the German custom of changing the "" to "oe" *) in non-German languages. Since English speakers tend to simply ignore umlauts, they would have spelled his name Boing.
*) That was the original spelling anyway, the "" was introduced as a shorthand for "oe".
My old cell phone used to say "ZUERICH" on it whenever I was in Zrich. However, my iPhone doesn't show the cell tower information any longer.
www.boeing.de used to belong to someone else.
http://web.archive.org/web/200003021...www.boeing.de/
Last edited by greg5; May 27, 2013 at 10:52 am
May 27, 2013 | 11:10 am
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From a safety point of view, their are the same 5 exits on each side at the same locations on the both -300 and 300ER.
May 27, 2013 | 1:08 pm
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The new cabin is available now on our newest aircraft, the Boing 777-300ER, and we're busy refurbishing many Boing 777-200 and 767 to the same standard. Look out for it on selected flights to and from North American and the Far East.
Jun 10, 2013 | 9:16 am
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Well, it looks like a half-hearted attempt at correcting the page to me!
" Look out for it on selected flights to and from North American and the Far East"
" Look out for it on selected flights to and from North American and the Far East"
Jun 10, 2013 | 12:03 pm
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