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Come Inside... => Petrol/Diesel/Red Diesel/Aviation Fuel Head Zone => Topic started by: Steve on February 14, 2019, 11:00:44 AM
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Shame as it was a comfy plane to fly in and awesome to see in the air but at the end of the day doomed once they changed the rules on numbers of engines.
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Shame as it was a comfy plane to fly in and awesome to see in the air but at the end of the day doomed once they changed the rules on numbers of engines.
Yes, a shame but inevitable...
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Yep they just didn't do the maths
2 engines are more economic than 4 in the size planes that airports can take
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Yep they just didn't do the maths
2 engines are more economic than 4 in the size planes that airports can take
A huge amazing shift in technology... Who'd have thought that twins would be flying ~20 hour legs between cities instead of flying to hubs and offloading onto 747s or 380s...? Shrugs:
Watched a great video the other day about 777 and A350 developments, amazing stuff!
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Yep they just didn't do the maths
2 engines are more economic than 4 in the size planes that airports can take
A huge amazing shift in technology... Who'd have thought that twins would be flying ~20 hour legs between cities instead of flying to hubs and offloading onto 747s or 380s...? Shrugs:
Watched a great video the other day about 777 and A350 developments, amazing stuff!
777 has been an amazing plane, I don't know much about the A350. In the early 80s I spent time at Boeing Seattle (on military interfaces) but all the time they were test flying the 757 and 767 and it was great to watch. The 757 was a bit of a dud but imho that 767 was the 2 engine game changer that led to the 777
Any list please to the video