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A350 XWB cross-pollinates narrowbodies

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Ever since I saw the new A350 XWB rendering this morning, I've been trying to put my finger on what it is about that nose. I'm not going to judge an airplane aesthetically, because that's stupid and it can fly and I cannot, therefore it wins the argument every time. Am I crazy or is the XWB a hybrid of the A320 and 737 families.

Call it the lovechild of the Montagues and Capulets of the aviation industry?
737 wearing an A320 mask?
A320 wearing Groucho Marx 737 glasses?

Judge for yourself. This is photoshopping at its most crude, but I think it captures what I'm getting at.

a350nose.jpgUpdate: This is the CAD rendering of the nose that was released in May. It looks as though there are slight differences between the rendering and the CAD drawing:

a350cadnose.jpg

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