Sunday, March 22, 2015

Size matters


3 comments:

  1. There is just something too cute about that big baby!

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  2. According to Wiki:

    Payload: 270,000 lb (122,470 kg)
    Length: 247 ft 1 in (75.31 m)
    Wingspan: 222 ft 9 in (67.89 m)
    Height: 65 ft 1 in (19.84 m)
    Wing area: 6,200 ft2 (576 m2)
    Empty weight: 380,000 lb (172,370 kg)
    Loaded weight: 769,000 lb (348,800 kg)
    Max. takeoff weight: 840,000 lb (381,000 kg)
    Powerplant: 4 × General Electric TF39-GE-1C high-bypass turbofan, 43,000 lbf each
    Maximum speed:579 mph

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  3. I found that warm and fuzzy was not knowing the take-off weight when the Captain of a KAL 747 informed us that at take-off we would tip the scales at almost a million pounds to fly across the Pacific. TMI.

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