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Old 4th October 2006 | 09:26
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Taildragger67
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From: Stuck in the middle...
Originally Posted by cockpitvisit
Accodring to this Bloomberg article , the problem is largely caused by incompatible CAD software used in German and French offices. This made it nearly impossible to propagate changes made by the German team to the French virtual mock-up and vice versa, and so there were several different design versions in use simultaneously.
So it was designed by a committee. Now I understand why it looks like a camel rather than a racehorse...

Don't you think they would've figured this out before the first billion euros had been spent??!! "Oh, une moment, sil vous plait monsieur Fritz, our ordinateurs don't seem to be able to parle with each other very well, zis picture you've emailed me is upside-sous".

Gauteng Pilot,

Shows why you should listen to Radio 4!!
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