All this talk got me thinking about how the world's greatest manufacturing nation, Japan, doesn't make civilian aircraft! It seems like they never got into it as a result of their WW2 legacy. They were prohibited from building planes that could be used to rearm the country.
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Then, later, it seems like the U.S. wasn't too supportive of their plans to build civilian aircraft and the plans between the zaibatsu who had gotten involved fell part. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihon_Aircraft_Manufacturing_Corporation …
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But, in a very cool recent development, Mitsubishi and Toyota have come together to build a regional civilian jet which will be delivering in 2020! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Regional_Jet …
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Really? Didn't know that! I'm a complete amateur on planes. A national embarrassment for Japan is an outstanding outcome in the USA, though, no? Boeing and Airbus planes get delayed as well.
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>Which is why USG allowed it. Word.
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