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In lugnet.loc.pt, Pedro Silva writes:
> In lugnet.loc.pt, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> (snipped)
> > Well, first of all, he doesn't know about European aerospace
> > company Airbus, which produces airliners (and is in fact comparable
> > to Boeing in its output). He dwells on 1950s and 1960s events,
> > and doesn't even mention later events, even when they would
> > seriously support his case (and there are a lot of them). He
> > refers to the Lockheed Tri-Star and the 747 as the "Boeing Jumbo
> > Jet," which I haven't heard since before KAL 007. Japan=radios?
> > c. 1970! I agree with the article, but it's got "1970s" written
> > all over it. Might it not be a trenchant reprint?
> >
> > Given that Gordon Sinclair has been dead since 1984, I'd bet that
> > would be the case:
> >
> > http://www.gnt.net/~wright/american_ed.html
>
> Eh eh, I wrote just about the same concerning Airbus (I did not read your
> post until i posted mine...).
> There is a catch, though: The earthquake. It was 5 years after the writer's
> passing out (out/away/?)...
> :-)
Not a catch. He's referring to 1906--although, to be honest, that's
not much different functionally from mentioning the Chicago Fire.
That would definitely be one of those naive points.
It's definitely a 1973 production, though. I found more corroborating
evidence from a bevy of websites where the article is reprinted.
best
LFB
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