Originally Posted by
Fanda_2007
There were certainly stories that Manchester(with the 748) and Hatfield were going head to head in the Far East and dissing each others product.
I've no idea what "dissing" is but as the 146 was being sold to 748 operators who needed the next step up, both in size and speed (so therefore in economics), I expect the stories were just that.
The Mancunians were trying to sell the ATP at about the same time as we were selling 146s so that may have been the basis, as it was a 748 development.