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23rd Oct 2010, 17:42

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Modern Elmo

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Now this might sound like a stupid question, but back in the day when BAE realised that all the Nimrods were "slightly" different. How difficult would it have been to as it were clone one Nimrod?* Seeing as you would have to strip each one back and mate it to new wings?

Much more difficult than cloning one of these, or its Airbus peer:

Boeing again lifts 737 production rate
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ATLANTA | Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:38pm EDT
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Thursday it will boost production of its best-selling 737 aircraft to 38 a month in the second quarter of 2013, the third rate increase for the popular airliner announced this year.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68F56N20100917

* Try this: Now this might sound like a stupid question, but back in the day when the Joneses realised that all the Jones children were "slightly" different. How difficult would it have been to as it were clone the one good Jones child?

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