7E7 now 787
Jan 28, 2005 | 12:25 pm
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7E7 now 787
Although it isn't on the Boeing website yet, Reuters announced the name change from the 7E7 to the 787.
So do we call it the seven-eight-seven? Or the seven-eighty-seven?
So do we call it the seven-eight-seven? Or the seven-eighty-seven?
Jan 28, 2005 | 2:58 pm
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Originally Posted by 787
I've always wanted a plane named after me. 
LAX
Jan 28, 2005 | 3:19 pm
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Originally Posted by LAX
May be I should change mine to 797 (if it's not already registered) so that Boeing's next innovative aircraft would be named after me!
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Jan 28, 2005 | 5:31 pm
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No kidding. Otherwise, leaving out the triple-seven since no one says seven seventy seven, we would have had:
seven oh seven
seven twenty seven
seven thirty seven
seven forty seven
seven fifty seven
seven sixty seven
seven eedie seven Yuck!
seven eighty seven sounds much better.
seven oh seven
seven twenty seven
seven thirty seven
seven forty seven
seven fifty seven
seven sixty seven
seven eedie seven Yuck!
seven eighty seven sounds much better.
Jan 28, 2005 | 7:04 pm
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Originally Posted by jaguar
This is a good marketing move. 787 sounds better than 7E7.
So I take it that a 717 is a Seven Seventeen?
Jan 28, 2005 | 7:51 pm
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That's why I was thinking hexademical numbers would work. The numbers after 9 go A-F (A=10, B=11, etc).
So maybe a 7A7?
I know, I'm a geek. It's my job.
So maybe a 7A7?
I know, I'm a geek.
It's my job.
Jan 28, 2005 | 7:58 pm
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Originally Posted by bp888
But why? You already have a major international airport named after you. Not to mention a defunct primetime TV show.
Or are these just "canned" eps that hadn't been aired by cancellation day and NBC is just burning them for want of better programming?
http://www.nbc.com/LAX/index.shtml
Jan 28, 2005 | 8:39 pm
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Originally Posted by jaguar
This is a good marketing move. 787 sounds better than 7E7.