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1. I dont know much about planes, but

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:56 AM

Jan 2013

A plane made of plastic??

I would never fly one. When I fly overseas I fly Airbus 380.

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I dont know much about planes, but darkangel218 Jan 2013 #1

darkangel218 Diclotican Jan 2013 #3

Um.i.didnt know that :) darkangel218 Jan 2013 #5

darkangel218 Diclotican Jan 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Jan 2013 #6

davidpdx Diclotican Jan 2013 #8

If you are talking about Airbus, it is basically a European company davidpdx Jan 2013 #11

davidpdx Diclotican Jan 2013 #14

Airbus has a nicely-organised transport system: Ghost Dog Jan 2013 #15

carbon fiber.. sendero Jan 2013 #16

Perhaps due to scab labor in looney SC? n/t cosmicone Jan 2013 #2

+1 Populist_Prole Jan 2013 #9

Airbus buys over 40% of their parts in the USA DFW Jan 2013 #10

If it's true, it has nothing with touting the use of American parts davidpdx Jan 2013 #12

i flew on from Seattle to Tokyo... BREMPRO Jan 2013 #13

Locking Kaleva Jan 2013 #17