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Well "Made in Germany" brand took on a hammering, the only other country manufacturing planes en masse is Russia, but their plane safety record speaks for itsel
by yc1010 11y ago
Well "Made in Germany" brand took on a hammering, the only other country manufacturing planes en masse is Russia, but their plane safety record speaks for itself.
It will be a steep hill for China to climb, the question really is how much technology and knowhow was "appropriated"
Cheap toys and phones is one thing, planes are another
- woobar 11y agoBrasil is another country that makes commercial planes. They (and Canada) are much bigger internationally then Russia. And they are pretty successful with Embraer even though they did not have any prior reputation.
- blumkvist 11y agoThere are two major aerospace companies, neither of which is German. Boeing is from the US and Airbus is from France. Civilian aircraft production in Russia is practically non-existent.
- ucaetano 11y agoAirbus is based in France, but it's actually an European consortium, with manufacturing facilities across the continent (and in China).
- fspeech 11y agoChina just bought 130 Airbus from Germany: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34665546 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34665546 "Airbus has headquarters in Germany and France."
- superuser2 11y agoThe irony is that VWs are actually made in Mexico.