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Air China signs deal to purchase 60 Boeing B737 aircraft

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BEIJING • Air China Ltd., the country's flag carrier, said Monday it signed an agreement to order 60 Boeing B737 planes for a total price of $5.9 billion. (www.stltoday.com) More...

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Moviela
Ric Wernicke 2
Build their own by 2020? Hehehe. They might be able to build parts of the airframe. They do that now. A whole airframe? Not one that flies.

AND, you can forget about a jet engine. They have had their best two guys on it since 1947. So far Laurel & Hardy have not produced even a working prototype.
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joelwiley
joel wiley 1
Besides, how many do you need to reverse engineer? 1? 3? 5? 60?
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preacher1
preacher1 2
Says a lot for Airbus having a plant in country. Probably more to do with the trade balance than company.
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vanstaalduinenj
Jon Van Staalduinen 0
They will dissect and learn
And build there own by 2020.
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