Boeing was competing for a supersonic transport contract in 1965, at about the same time the 747 was conceived, and Pan Am founder and chairman Juan Trippe believed that the big subsonic jets would end up as freighters and that the SST would replace the 747 on passenger routes. Trippe was...
As far as I’m concerned, the Boeing 747 will always be the queen of the skies. While the Airbus A380 has overtaken it in terms of size and passenger comfort, it can’t compete with the 747’s curves. The 747 has a full lower deck and then a partial upper deck, making it easy ...
A Boeing 747-8 passenger airliner, for instance, has a maximum takeoff weight of 487.5 tons (442 metric tons), the force with which the weighty plane is drawn toward the Earth. Weight's opposing force is lift, which holds an airplane in the air. This feat is accomplished through the ...
All of our aircraft that fly US routes – the Boeing 777, the 747 freighters and the Airbus A350 – could have been affected. Aircraft have a first lifespan of around 20 years, so aircraft approaching that age were designed and built when even 4G was a distant dream. By comparison, the...
Delta Air Lines pays a junior First Officer $120 per hour. Flying a B777 forUnited Airlines, a senior Captain earns $352, and the junior First Officer $91. All factors matter, such as whether you fly a Boeing 747 or a Bombardier CRJ200. Experience also counts, such as whether you’ve...
"Chances are, nearly everything you touch in your day-to-day life was at some point touched by a machine tool," says University of Tennessee Knoxvilleengineering professor Tony Schmitz. "If you've ever traveled in an airplane — a Boeing 747, for example — over a million separate componen...
The hourly operating cost of a Boeing 747, which seats up to 405 passengers, is USD 5135. If the airline charges each passenger a fare of USD 100 per hour of flight, how many passengers are needed to break-even? You may round your answe...
Fun fact: A Boeing 747 has an estimated 140 miles of wiring. Each wire connects a specific pin on one end to another pin on the other. If even one wire connects to the wrong pin, the system—an aircraft, vehicle, or industrial machine—won’t function properly. The wiring schematic han...
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