And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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
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.
There is just something too cute about that big baby!
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ReplyDeletePayload: 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
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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