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Old 5th October 2006 | 22:22
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vapilot2004
 
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From: fairly close to the colonial capitol
3's and 7's
Hello JL,

Boeing named it's civil aircraft sequentially. The 400/500/600 series were military aircraft or missiles. They were in the 300s when the 707 came aong.

I recall the A300 being so named for the maximum amount of passengers it could carry.

Both designations sort of stuck (marketing) and this is where we are today.

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