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January 2002 Poll #2
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January 2002 Poll #1
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Should the US send ground troops into Somalia to fight terrorism?
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Yes
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43%
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No
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46%
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Undecided
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11%
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Total votes: 104
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What company builds the best airliners?
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Airbus
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24%
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Boeing
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63%
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Fokker
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3%
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Ilyushin
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4%
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Tupolev
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5%
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Other
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1%
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Total votes: 182
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Comment: The results of this vote remained unchanged with a roughly even split from day one. Unless
terrorists established training camps within Somalia, it seems rather unlikely that troops will be sent in
as there would be no definable target to go after.
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Comment: While these results aren't terribly surprising, the gap between Airbus and Boeing was
quite a bit larger than expected. Then again, most visitors to this site are American and probably tend
to favor the "home" product.
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December 2001 Poll #2
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December 2001 Poll #1
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Do you feel safe flying commercial airlines?
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Yes
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91%
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No
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8%
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Unsure
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1%
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Total votes: 89
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Comment: This one turned out to be more controversial than expected as some respondents commented
that it is unfair to compare battle-tested aircraft like the F-15 to aircraft that haven't even entered
service like the F-22 or experimental designs like the S-37.
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Comment: This poll makes an interesting comparison with the same question asked shortly after the
September 11 attacks. Since that time, the confidence of our respondents in the safety of commercial
aviation has risen from 84% to 91%. Though a small increase, such results are encouraging as we enter
one of the busiest travel season of the year.
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November 2001 Poll #2
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November 2001 Poll #1
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Should the US build a ballistic missile defense system?
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Yes
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46%
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No
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51%
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Unsure
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3%
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Total votes: 146
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Did the Defense Department make the right choice in the Joint Strike Fighter competition?
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Yes
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51%
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No
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41%
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Unsure
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8%
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Total votes: 167
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Comment: Since our visitors are usually strongly in favor of any advancement in aerospace
technology, these results were quite surprising. Nevertheless, the war on terrorism certainly casts a
new light on such a system and provides powerful arguments both for and against it.
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Comment: Frankly, we're rather surprised this one came out so closely. Almost everyone seemed to
think the Lockheed Martin design was vastly superior to the Boeing entry (particularly Navy people who
foresaw all variety of problems with the Boeing X-32's "sailor inhaler" inlet!). It was therefore of
great shock that so many seem to disagree with the government's decison. The no votes even exceeded the
yes votes for a brief period, leading us to speculate that a gaggle of Boeing employees may have attempted
to taint the results! :-)
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