Originally Posted by
Mad (Flt) Scientist
Surely it would make sense to write in the language most familiar to most of your (hoped for) customers. Which, the US market being somewhat larger, would tend to make you lean in that direction.
So, the Airbus project started out to compete with the American domination of the Aviation Airplane market.
I'm sorry Mad Scientist... It doesn't add up...
As I said before, both versions are very similar. They are familiar to one another.
I do not know what Jean Pierre was thinking at the time!!