Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmm aerospatiale,concorde ,snecma airbus... - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:24 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] RE:European technology > > > Everybody knows that french have developped fine > > engineering... Well > > not everybody. > > Er, right, Felix. There's probably a reason for that. > > What "fine engineering" have we seen out of the French aside from the 1976 > Renault F1 cars, and subsequently the mid-engined Porsche killer 4 cylinder > turbo charged LeCar (as seen in, I believe, Octopussy), and the Eifel > Tower...oh yes, and the Statue of Liberty? > > I'm asking a serious question. I happen to have worked with many French > engineers, and have equal respect for their abilities as I do any good > engineer...so don't think for a moment I am at all "down" on French > engineers/engineering...I'd just like to know what you base your statement > on. Cars have not been something I really think of as "great French > engineering", except as mentioned above... > > Ok, yeah, the Citroen, both the 2CV (Deux Chevaux) and the one with the air > suspension... Whether they are examples of "fine engineering" or not, I can > 't conclude, but since they are so cool, I'll give them a "by" on this one > ;-) > > Austin > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html