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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: OT for Some | Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747 |
| Date | 2016-02-01 20:52 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <05t4oc-tts.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
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shan <shan@enterapps.org> wrote: > jimp wrote: > >>>> You mean other than it is a 50 year old design and today's market is >>>> mainly in smaller, more efficient aircraft? >>> >>> Airbus is larger, if I'm not mistaken. >> >> Airbus is a company. >> >> The Airbus A380 is currently the world's largest passenger airliner. >> >> Though the design is only about 15 years old, sales are declining for >> the same reasons as the 747. > > Not larger than TU-something, right. Tupolev is still the largest, but > probably grounded for obvious reasons, large, old. Are you refering to the Antonov An-225? It is concidered the largest airplane but it is a strategic airlifter, not a passenger airliner. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_aircraft Things are slightly muddled by which definition of "largest" you use; size, maximum takeoff weight, number of passengers. -- Jim Pennino
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OT for Some | Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747 Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-02-01 09:29 -0600
Re: OT for Some | Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747 jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-02-01 18:44 +0000
Re: OT for Some | Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747 shan <shan@enterapps.org> - 2016-02-01 18:49 +0000
Re: OT for Some | Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747 R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2016-02-01 19:08 +0000
Re: OT for Some | Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747 jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-02-01 19:18 +0000
Re: OT for Some | Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747 shan <shan@enterapps.org> - 2016-02-01 19:59 +0000
Re: OT for Some | Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747 jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-02-01 20:52 +0000
Re: OT for Some | Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747 shan <shan@enterapps.org> - 2016-02-01 22:28 +0000
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