Second, over 583,000 data lines for a year of Boeing 747鈥 400 aircraft routes were calculated and filtered for the monthly assessments. Findings LTO cycles' durations have deviated 24% to 76% from the ICAO assumptions. Distance facts determined for specific airports as 2.57 to 3.66 nm for ...
What a contrast this awesome event was to the time in 1970 when I flew on theworld's first Boeing 747 flight from New York to London. Then, a faulty light in the cockpit brought us to a screeching halt secondsbefore take-off. Yet when we were finally airborne I and the other passen...