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		cabalamat on Dec 15, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing 787 First Flight Today 10AM PT You think Boeing should design planes based on how cool they look? Myself, I'd rather that any plane I travelled in was designed by competent auronautical engineers.

gaius on Dec 15, 2009 [–]

Are you saying the Sonic Cruiser was incompetently designed? I'm pretty sure it was the same team that later did the 787...

cabalamat on Dec 17, 2009 | [–]

> Are you saying the Sonic Cruiser was incompetently designed?

No. If it had been designed on the basis of looking cool, it would have been. And probably wouldn't have flown.

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