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The Burnelli Conspiracy (continued) The establishment manufacturers simply keep churning out upgraded variations of the same old airframes from the same old tooling, larger powerplants and a few bits of new gadgetry. New aircraft for sale now show hardly any advantages to airlines. Take Boeing, for example: the Boeing 707 had a gross weight capability of 4.62 lbs . per pound of take-off thrust, but there has been constant decline ever since with the Boeing 757 capability being reduced to 2.99 lbs. per pound of thrust. Aircraft cruise speed is the same, so this is not just retrogression, it is clearcut decadence!
I read now from a letter, signed by a recently retired vice president of a major manufacturer.
"I do not believe that enough attention has been paid to accident avoidance during the detailed design phase on modern day aircraft development. The engineering departments of the manufacturers do not have separate identifiable staff groups dedicated solely to continuous audit and review of each step of the design process to ensure that each and every design decision takes accident avoidance and survivability into full consideration. I believe that many accidents that have occurred during the past few years would have never happened, had such surveillance been exercised. I do believe that the Burnelli Design deserves a lot more consideration than it has received, and I hope it gets it." We have mentioned, from time to time, the inherent safety of the Burnelli Design. This illustration shows why:
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