Are you aware that all Boeings from 707 to 737 have the same fuselage?
727 and 57 also share something here.
Dreamliner's technology is derived directly from the B-2
Actually the B-2 was made of an entirely different type of plastic and construction method. I agree that the limited number of B-2s produced were good practice for the boys over at Boeing. Another less successful project called the sonic cruiser quietly provided a great deal of new tech to transfer over the the 787.
And then again this old blabla about "A380, no success".
Within 10 years, I predict they will have hit the break even point allowing the remaining sales to be gravy. The journos think they smell something regarding Airbus - its probably their collective upper lips - but that won't stop them from tossing out stuff like this.
And journalists still repeat the fairy tail of the 787 as a bypass-hub concept.
Wouldn't it be great if year after year life would get closer and closer to the proverbial tales. (the ones with happy endings, thank you)
Cheers !