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> the 747 CMC is based on a reliable and proven aircraft with existing economies of scale.

This is no longer true, unfortunately. The assembly line tooling has been decommissioned and scrapped, the supply chain is shut down, essential personnel has retired. If you want to restart the line, you would have to fund the entire 747-8 program over again from the ground up.



The CMC concept has been replaced by Rapid Dragon.




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