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| | Dean Acheson |  | Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. |
| | Norman R. Augustine | | Aircraft flight in the 21st century will always be in a westerly direction, preferably supersonic, crossing time zones to provide the additional hours needed to fix the broken electronics. |
| | Norman R. Augustine | | In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day. |
| | Guy Burgess | | The problem of dealing with conflict on a large, sort of society-wide scale, is a bit analogous to building a complex aircraft. You need a whole lot of different parts. You can't fly an airplane with just a jet engine, you need wings, you needs control surfaces, you need avionics, you need a seat for the pilot, fuel tanks, all sorts of stuff. |
| | Winston Churchill | | The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure. |
| | Norm Dicks | | As a result, Airbus has grown to dominate the large commercial aircraft industry, outdelivering Boeing for the first time in history in 2003. |
| | Norm Dicks | | During the past 30 years, European governments have provided more than $15 billion in the form of low- and no-cost loans to Airbus for the specific purpose of developing new aircraft lines. |
| | Norm Dicks | | Most Americans are familiar with the Boeing Company, but I would like to remind my colleagues that Boeing employs more than 150,000 American workers, including about 54,000 in the civil aircraft industry. |
| | Norm Dicks | | Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large commercial aircraft industry with U.S. companies. |
| | Norm Dicks | | Over the last few years Airbus has grown to dominate the large commercial aircraft industry, out-delivering Boeing for the first time in history in 2003. |
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