Does any1 else think that Boeing lead the way with their technology and Airbus are merely trying to catch up?

Question

I mean Boeing are the brains behind the aerospace industry however Airbus only seem to pick up the loose scraps. For example the A380, nothing orignal - just a double decker plane that had to be filled in the gap. with the B787, the technology is astounding but the competing A350 has been criticised for being exactly the A330...

Answer 1

Nope. Seems you're all by your little lonesome on this one.

Answer 2

Similar answer the Mustang was a rubbish fighter plane until they replaced the Pratt and Whitney engine with a Rolls Merlin engine only then did it become a legendary aircraft.Airbus is now operating the A380 whilst Boeing are still at the design stage with only one mock up aircraft to show,and as for who the brains are Concord,Vulcan,JET ENGINE who copies who.

Answer 3

B787..........Technology?............Ast... where do you get this figure.......The boeing 787 series is merely a More fuel efficient version of the Old 757 and 767.........The Technology being used on the flightdeck has been around for years and Gulfstream was the first (as far as I'm aware) to exploit the large LCD displays. the 787 includes nothing Revolutionary to the airline industry. Boeing and Airbus are two different Competing companys. Airlines where looking for something to replace their 757's and 767's rather then their 747's since the market above 500 passengers really isn't in high demand. Airbus doesn't follow boeing and Boeing doesn't follow airbus. they look for a way to win customers in the form of Order number and Net pay and Airbus played its cards wrong. since the A380 was success full but only enough to pay for the time and development that they put into it (no real profits from the program more of a stagnant move since it added little to Airbus' bank acount........at least this far) Airbus decided to take a Dive in redesigning airplanes for and old market (nearly 30 years old(the 757/767 A330's) and get a chunk of the market share.....Boeing played their cards rite and now they have the most success full airplane Launch in history.....Airbus was slow to the plate but their A350 program is shaping up nicely with 370 solid orders......370 orders is a successfull program in my book and its part of the Game on who does what first

in regards to technology btw Airbus makes very Economical Airplanes where as boeing's been known to make a bit more of Time over Cost oriented airplane.

Technology wise..............Boeing didn't get around to FBW untill mid 90's.....airbus had it done 10 years before that..........who's leading who?