New answers tagged aviation-history
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Was differential thrust used in the P-38 to improve turn performance?
Obviously, I am no stranger to grave digging.)
I noticed that for this question there is not a single reference in any of the existing answers and the top two directly contradict each other. While it ...
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Why did Boeing never replace the 757?
The gap happened because the 737MAX wasn’t part of the original plan.
The 767 and 757 shared a type rating and a lot of common parts, and orders had dried up for both, so they didn’t have much choice ...
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Why did Boeing never replace the 757?
The 737 MAX 10 is the replacement, for now. It almost matches the 757-200 on capacity (230 vs 240) and the 757-300 on range (3300 vs 3400 nmi), while staying considerably lighter and cheaper, due to ...
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