From: "RT Simpson" <BraniffIntl@xxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 3:30 PM <snip> > > And if you're really into trivial matters... AA so despised the 720 name they > initially called 'em 707-720s. Upon upgrading to turbofan engines they > became "707 Astrojets". <snip> Probably because the 720 got its number when the United CEO said he would never buy an airplane with a number ending in 7. Which in itself is kind of funny, because the 247D was built for United when Boeing and United were part of the same company. As far as I know, it was the beginning of the Boeing 7. Sorry about the "pretty ugly". "Fairly ugly"? No, that won't do either. Maybe "Sort of ugly". Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/africar/africa.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html