Hey Assholes

Woo F^(king Hoo! Boy! Only thirty-five years and you built a state subsidized aeroplane. Just imagine what you could do with an entire century! You know, like maybe liberate old europe TWICE, add several divisible states and millions of square miles to your Nation, project your power the world over on land, sea and air, run down the Iron Curtain, land on the moon, stave off Red communism in Korea and too many other small nations to count, initiate democracy in Afghanistan, soon Iraq and who knows where else all, give back a canal, solidify the only democratic government in the Middle east with simply your intent and dollars, maintain a GNP that, combined, old and new europe still can't touch. And, God forbid, who ya gonna call when the first one drops out of the air from all that cooperation? Or will you just take the freaking Concorde. Oh wait, THAT isn't flying anymore. You losers! Pffttt! Someone ought to tell these clowns the best of 'em ran down Queen Isabella's leg during a steamy fortnight in madrid.

Airbus unveils its superjumbo, European leaders hail lead over US.

For the countries that backed the 10.7-billion-euro (14-billion-dollar) development cost, the plane -- hidden behind an immense black curtain until its unveiling -- stood as a prominent symbol of European cooperation.

"Good old Europe has made this possible," German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told a packed hall in Airbus's headquarters in Toulouse, southwest France. That was a barely-veiled barb recalling the US dismissal of France, Germany and other EU states in 2003 as "Old Europe" because of their opposition to the war on Iraq.

Airbus chief Noel Forgeard made similar hints in his presentation of the A380 during a colourful spectacle featuring computer graphics, atmospheric theme music, dancers and fountains. "The European states -- so easily accused of weakness -- backed this fantastic challenge 35 years ago and have believed in the A380," he said.

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[Dean]

And if I remember right, Air France did or is still trying to sue I believe Continental Airlines for they think it was a Continental jet that left debris on the runway which led to Concorde's demise.
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