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A Boeing company, Inventory Locator Service, yesterday posted an Evolution of Boeing graphic on its website that traces key points in Boeing’s history. There was a problem, however: the airplane at the top of the graphic, which was photo-shopped with Boeing 737 identification, was an Airbus A321. (leehamnews.com) المزيد...

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Dubslow
Dubslow 12
I assume this was someone in the marketing department who couldn't be bothered to figure out what company he worked for or even what industry he was creating marketing-material for and just went with the first google image result for some horrifyingly generic search term
bthiago
bthiago 1
Probably the worst marketing that had no clue what they were doing.
siriusloon
siriusloon 14
This sort of mix-up happens all the time. The Florida tourist board uses a sunset photo shot in Hawaii. A company in Colorado uses a scenic photo of mountains in Wyoming. It happens a lot. Some low-level peon picks a stock photo to use and their higher-ups assume it's the right one. Most people in this forum know aircraft well, but none of us are experts in every field and could make similar mistakes. What should happen is that someone higher in the food chain should have double-checked it, but we live in an imperfect world. Anyway, if it wasn't for mistakes like this, some of you would have no one to feel superior to.
GeoAnas
Geo Anas 2
I definitely agree with you. Just to add that sometimes even the people higher in the food chain prefer a sunset in Hawaii than a sunset in Florida for their ad. So, it's not necessarily a low-level peon mistake.
That said, I do agree that a high Boeing officer should notice the mistake much more easily, than the sunset mistake...
FrankHarvey
Frank Harvey 2
I would be surprised if every high Boeing officer (especially maybe in Finance or some other admin posts like say IT) would be capable of differentiating their a/c from any other manufacturers.
GeoAnas
Geo Anas 1

dabeed
Dave Fisher 1
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AlanBDahl
Alan Dahl 0
Looking closely at the rest of the shots in that Rubio video it’s quite likely that the entire thing expect some stock shots of other places was shot in British Columbia, presumably to save money vs US production.
btweston
btweston 3
Man. And you guys freak out when some intern at a news site puts the wrong plane in an article...
omrigaron
Ryan Hodges 2
it was probably made by a marketing company, not anyone that works under boeing. regardless, they shouldve done a tiny bit of research. how hard would it have been to find a 747-100 photo or any MD aircraft too?! no excuses, this was terrible.
MikeMohle
Mike Mohle 1
This is a riot! What idiots. The VP of Marketing at Boeing should be shown the door. The A321 even has those funny little winglets, how obvious. I hope the Wright Flyer photo is correct though.
mcread
דני רובין 1
Even the b-52 photo is the wrong one
tf51d
Thomas Cain 1
It's bad enough they made the mistake once, but they did it twice in the same ad. Top and bottom.
17dec1903
17dec1903 1
Maybe they should call the company ILStupid instead of ILSmart.
nasdisco
Chris B 1
And the Oscar for worst researched Boeing Advert goes to....
pachecojuan2967
Juan Pacheco 1
I assume the responsible for this "subtle mistake" has been taken care in human resources department..... what a blowout !!!!!!
shenghaohan
Shenghao Han 1
Prank I hope? Maybe this is a hint that Boeing secretly owns Airbus...
spbking
Stuart Fountain 2
Or Airbus is in the market to buy Boeing? Imagine the kudos the EU would get for secretly financing that deal!
yr2012
matt jensen 3
AB will allow Boeing to continue building tactical defense only
OccamsRazor
Ben Bosley 1
No way the US would every allow that.
btweston
btweston 3
Everything's got a price... Or would they have to run it by Der Fürer first?
THRUSTT
THRUSTT 1
Actually, Bojangles financed the deal. The new products will be known as the Bo bus...
andyc852
Andy Cruickshank 1
TorontoJeff
Jeff Phipps 1
Doh!
I assume that Boeing will not be paying for that marketing piece and the company who did it will have a tough time getting more accounts.

I remember some tourism campaign used humpback whales breaching from a different campaign and called out on it a few years ago. Cest la vie.
USPAJack
Jack Reynolds 1
In my opinion....BOEING will always be the standard of perfection! Without compromise.
ayebee
Ivan Blakely 1
silly mistakes aside - the timeline is incredibly impressive
Belvdme
Belvdme -2
Must be that Boeing very well knows the A321 is a superior product and is trying to take advantage :)
jshhmr
josh homer 2
LMAO superior product! I hope that's sarcasm!
hortod1
dj horton 2
Said no one, ever
amucommunicationsphoto
A. Michael Uhlmann -1
That's what you get when you out-source your tasks abroad. LOL

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pilot62
Scott Campbell 10
ayebee
Ivan Blakely 8
just like flightaware and youtube are simmiler (sic)
Foxtrot789
Foxtrot789 5
In what way, they both have a wing on each side and a fin in the back?
FrankHarvey
Frank Harvey 2
And engines, they both have engines...I think.
Belvdme
Belvdme -1
737 dates from the 60s. Old stuff

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