1.   Additional government spending is particularly important in such areas as advanced wing design, air traffic management systems and low-cost manufacturing.

2.   The wright brothers used a cabinet-size wind tunnel to test wing designs at the turn of the century.

3.   Boeing is touting an improved wing design that Boeing says will also help lower operating costs for the airlines.

4.   But she said the overwhelming majority of the wing design will continue to be done in the United Kingdom.