Sutter's 747-100 had problems, too.
"Any new airplane has development issues," Sutter said as he watched the A380 thrill the air show crowd Tuesday afternoon.
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When the first 747-100s were finally ready to be delivered to customers, they did not have engines. The Pratt & Whitney engines had been delayed because of technical problems.
"We found ourselves rolling 747s out of the factory with 5,000-pound concrete blocks dangling from their wings where the engines should be," Sutter wrote in his book "Without those weights, the airplanes would have sat back on their tails."
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"Any new airplane has development issues," Sutter said as he watched the A380 thrill the air show crowd Tuesday afternoon.
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When the first 747-100s were finally ready to be delivered to customers, they did not have engines. The Pratt & Whitney engines had been delayed because of technical problems.
"We found ourselves rolling 747s out of the factory with 5,000-pound concrete blocks dangling from their wings where the engines should be," Sutter wrote in his book "Without those weights, the airplanes would have sat back on their tails."
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