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Yellowstone 3 (or Y3) is a Boeing Commercial Airplanes project to replace the 777-300 and 747 product lines. New technologies to be introduced include composite aerostructures and more fuel-efficient turbofan engines. Yellowstone 3 is part of Boeing's Yellowstone project. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), based in Chicago, Illinois, is a unit of The Boeing Company, consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division,) as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Boeing 777 is a family of long range widebody twin engine airliners built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ... Jump to: navigation, search Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-412. ... The term composite can refer to several different things: A composite number is an integer greater than one that is not a prime number. ... CFM56-3 turbofan, lower half, side view. ...
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"Not if... but when", Flight International, July 6, 2005.
Boeing may have wished to rely on two evolved versions of existing engines rather than the higher-risk option of an all new Pratt and Whitney engine, particularly in light of Pratt and Whitney's recent failures in the Regional Jet market and failed PW6000 engine for the A318.
Boeing is targeting the 787-3 to replace the Airbus A300 and A310, and Boeing 757-300, 767-200, and 767-300.
Boeing is targeting the 787-9 to replace the Airbus A330-200 and A340-200, Boeing 767-400ER, and McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
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