Why doesn't Finnair use Boeing aircraft but MD-11,Embraer and Airbus only?

I can’t remember if I heard this at the Museum of Flight or on the Boeing factory tour, but I was able to verify it on the Boeing website. Basically, Boeing uses the model number as the common name for the plane, too (a great example of this is in the military planes - the B-17, B-29, etc.). After World War II, Boeing realized they needed to expand into the non-commercial area, and designated blocks of 100s (100s, 200s, 300s, etc.) for their different product areas.

For years, Boeing’s commerical airlines were designated in the 300s and 400s (including the 707 prototype, the "Dash 80," or 367-80). Once Boeing had a serviceable prototype, they knew it was going to be a "jet transport aircraft," which had previously been assigned the 700 series of numbers (500 and 600 being reserved for missiles and turbines. However, just plain "700" didn’t have enough kick to the sound of it, so they bumped it up to "707."

All the successive jet aircraft have been 7x7, with the exception of the 717 (originally an Air Force tanker and later used to "adopt" the MD-95 into the Boeing family) and the 720 (a variant on the 707). The whole article is available at http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/arc... and is definitely worth a read.

Many of Boeing's most successful products over the years had had a connection to the number 7. These included the Model 75--hundreds of which were used as trainers during World War II, the Model 77--one of the first carrier-based fighters, the Model 247--considered to be the prototype of the modern airliner, the B-17 Flying Fortress--of which 13,000 were built for use during World War II, and the Model 314 Clipper--greatest of the passenger flying boats. Other notable aircraft included the B-29 Superfortress (i.e.

9-2=7) that saw great success in the Pacific Theater of World War II and was developed into a number of derivatives, including the Model 367 and Model 377, as well as the B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress (5+2=7). With over 1,000 built by the time production closed in 1991, the 707 proved such a huge success that Boeing decided to retain the same naming convention for nearly all of its future jetliners. One exception was the Model 717 which was originally given to the military version of the 707, better known as the KC-135.

However, that designation did not last and was later briefly given to a different commercial derivative of the 707. Even later, it was applied to the MD-95 after Boeing had acquired its former rival McDonnell Douglas. As the only McDonnell Douglas production line to remain open for long after the merger with Boeing, the MD-95 was re-christened the 717 in 1997.

The only other unusual case was the Model 720, a shorter range version of the 707 developed for domestic use. The 720 began life as the 707-020 and was later briefly known as the 717-020 before the Model 720 became official. Otherwise, Boeing has retained the 7-7 convention for the past fifty years, having applied it to its entire family of commercial jetliners: 727 (1,831 built) 737 (over 4,300 built to date) 747 (over 1,300 built to date) 757 (over 1,000 built to date) 767 (over 880 built to date) 777 (over 400 built to date) The latest member of the family is the 787, formerly known as the 7E7 because of its use of "super-efficient" technologies.

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.