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Old 03-18-2007, 08:27 AM
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Boeing announced an order this week for 8 747-8 freighters to an undisclosed customer. With the cancellation of the A380, will the 747-8F's be brown?
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It's the "Ocho", not 747-8.

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It's the "Ocho", not 747-8.



"F n' A, Cotton, F........n'........A"
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I'll bet $5 it's FedEx. I talked to a few people at recurrent training mention 747's..............
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Default The Russians placed an order a few days ago
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070312/sfm039.html?.v=79
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Good find. I can't see those 5 orders on the Boeing website.
http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm
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Good find. I can't see those 5 orders on the Boeing website.
http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm

Found it here: http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/...70312a_nr.html

and here:http://boeingmedia.com/imageDetail.c...49&clr=release
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"F n' A, Cotton, F........n'........A"
That's why they call him the best color man in the business...

That one's outa here.....
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It's the "Ocho", not 747-8.

please don't ruin a perfectly good airplane.
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