At last, my interests in (a) innovative small-airplane technology, and (b) the evolution of China's economy, come together in one bit of news.
According to Aero-News.Net, in
this dispatch, the next owner of the assets, technology, designs, etc of the defunct Eclipse Aviation company could be -- the Chinese government. Rather, the state-run Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China,
CACC, which is in charge of the country's ambitions to have a counterpart to Boeing and Airbus.
Now, if we could only work in a
beer,
boiled-frog, or
USB-related angle, I would have the world's most completely satisfying news item. And even with just the China+aviation elements, it's fascinating in its implications.
Read the complete post at http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/03/harmonic_convergence_two_of_my.php
Posted
19 Mar 2009 22:23
by
James Fallows