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		bluGill 75 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing has started working on a 737 MAX replacemen... Modern wings could be retrofitted to the 747. Maybe not completely, but the more important features. However there are a lot of other parts of the 747 that don't make sense, and so not enough buyers (if any!) would exist if they did.

WalterBright 74 days ago [–]

The 757 started out as a re-winged and re-engined 737. It turned out to be cheaper to design a new airplane.

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