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5th Dec 2005, 20:09

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Boeing "7"s, Airbus "3"s. Why?

Presumably there is a reason why Boeing's recent products are all named as a number beginning and ending in 7, and Airbus does similar with a prefix of 3.

Anyone know the how and why?