Re: OT for Some | Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747

From	shan <shan@enterapps.org>
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: OT for Some \| Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747
Date	2016-02-01 22:28 +0000
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jimp wrote:

> 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.

Oh yeah, my bad, I thought it was a TU. An AN, Antonov ... However, I 
think their Ekranoplan is even larger, but it can't fly high.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster

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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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