Boeing VS AirBus

[Alec]

I Don't know how many of you are aviation fans but I am and I was wondering which company you support.

I am 100% Boeing

What are you???

[mithrand1r]

Originally Posted by Myself

I Don't know how many of you are aviation fans but I am and I was wondering which company you support.

I am 100% Boeing

What are you???

I support the plane that will get me there in one piece.

I do not think I ever flew on an Airbus. Boeing is more common among North American airline companies.

Is there any significant difference between the two companies?

[Alec]

Each company makes different planes. Airbus recently released a plane that carry's more people(over 800)than victims in the deadliest plane crash(568) If 1 of those were to be lost over the ocean like a a320 witch is a older plane design of Airbus that was lost at sea in 2009 that would be disastrous.

If you want to know about the different planes search up
737
747
777
787
for Boeing and
a320
a330
a340
a380
and there new not yet built yet jet...
a350
BING or GOOGLE
Hope that helps you decide

[Earniel]

I think your location is showing, Myself. I can't think of any other nation for which Boeing or Airbus is so much of an issue.

Not a frequent flyer myself at all -and if I had to choose- I'd vote for the company that manages the best without relying on their countries' official spying surveillance or subsidies to beat their competitors. But at least one of the two is rather implicated in the former and both constantly accuse the other of the latter so... frankly, I'd be hard pressed to pick one above the other.

I'd almost say 'Lockheed' (not just to be contrary, I promise but) because that's the only one of the three of which I ever bought a model to build and that's still proudly displayed on my shelf, amids all the spaceships.

That said, Boeing has some really nice vintage models. The superfortress (B-50?) and stratojet had character. Don't they have the Chinook as well? The commercial passenger transport just doesn't catch my eye the way military crafts do.

[Valandil]

I think I can even guess what particular part of a particular nation that Myself comes from. But that's OK.

Now, Myself (here I go, talking to Myself again) - if your main problem is that Airbus carries more passengers, and therefore the loss of a plane would be more catastrophic - should the objective be to have even FEWER passengers per flight? Maybe no more than 200? 100? 50?

[Alec]

So true I just love the B-17 and the old Lockheed prop planes. I have always thought prop planes are beautiful. I have also liked supersonic jets.

In reply to Eärniel

[Alec]

You guys got me. I live in a smaller town nearby Boeing in Washington.
I thing 250 is a good top number for aircraft passengers no more.
over 800 is too much

[Alec]

Originally Posted by Valandil

Now, Myself (here I go, talking to Myself again) - if your main problem is that Airbus carries more passengers, and therefore the loss of a plane would be more catastrophic - should the objective be to have even FEWER passengers per flight? Maybe no more than 200? 100? 50?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usK2kcj7BHg
This is my problem with the a380
about 500 people nearly died (everyone survied)