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Aseem Member
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:32 am Post subject: |
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Just finished watching, and it is a great video no doubt. Especially impressed by reference to Air India regarding interiors. If I am not wrong then one of the Air Hostesses to break the bottles at its launch was from Air India. Can anybody confirm if AI was one of the launch customer with sticker on the fusalage?
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Phew! Too long but very interesting to see. _________________ http://www.myspace.com/avsatsworld
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Aseem wrote: | Just finished watching, and it is a great video no doubt. Especially impressed by reference to Air India regarding interiors. If I am not wrong then one of the Air Hostesses to break the bottles at its launch was from Air India. Can anybody confirm if AI was one of the launch customer with sticker on the fusalage?
rgds
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AI was one of the launch customers of the B747.
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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Himmat Bhai has made me nostalgic
747-100 - The World's First Jumbo Jet
The 747-100 entered commercial service in 1970. Initially, engines only were available from Pratt & Whitney, but by 1975 engines also were available from General Electric and Rolls-Royce. Boeing delivered 250 of the 747-100s, the last in 1986. Boeing built two versions of the 747-100 passenger airplane, one of which had a higher payload capacity and was known as the -100B. The 747-100 also was available as a short-range airplane, which had a modified body structure to accommodate a greater number of takeoffs and landings. This model typically was used by airlines on short flights with a high-passenger capacity, as many as 550. Boeing also built the 747-100SP (special performance), which had a shortened fuselage and was designed to fly higher, faster and farther non-stop than any 747 model of its time.
747 Fun Facts
Parts
A 747-400 has six million parts, half of which are fasteners.
A 747-400 has 171 miles (274 km) of wiring and 5 miles (8 km) of tubing.
A 747-400 consists of 147,000 pounds (66,150 kg) of high-strength aluminum.
The 747-400 has 16 main landing gear tires and two nose landing gear tires.
The 747-400 tail height is 63 feet 8 inches (19.4 m), equivalent to a six-story building.
Wings
The 747-400 wing weighs 95,000 pounds (43,090 kg), more than 30 times the weight of the first Boeing airplane, the 1916 B&W.
The 747-400 wing measures 5,600 square feet (524.9 m 2 ), an area large enough to hold 45 medium-sized automobiles.
Four World War I vintage JN4-D "Jenny" airplanes could be lined up on each of the Boeing 747 wings.
How much weight does an additional 6-foot (1.8-m) wingtip extension and winglet add to the 747-400 wing? None! A weight savings of approximately 5,000 pounds (2,270 kg) was achieved in the wing by using new aluminum alloys, which offset the weight increase of the wing tip extension and winglet
Engineering and Testing
Seventy-five thousand engineering drawings were used to produce the first 747.
The first 747 completed more than 15,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing.
The original 747 flight test program, which led to the airplane's certification for commercial service in December 1969, used five airplanes, lasted 10 months and required more than 1,500 hours of flying.
Flight
The 747 fleet has logged more than 35 billion statute miles (56 billion km) - enough to make 74,000 trips to the moon and back.
The 747 fleet has flown 3.5 billion people - the equivalent of more than half of the world's population.
The 747-400ER range is approximately 7,720 statute miles (14,297 km).
A 747-400 typically takes off at 180 mph (290 km/h), cruises at 565 mph (910 km/h) and lands at 160 mph (260 km/h).
For a typical international flight, one 747 operator uses about 5.5 tons (5,000 kg) of food supplies and more than 50,000 in-flight service items.
Engines
Engine thrust has grown from 43,500 pounds (19,730 kg) per engine on the early 747s to as much as 63,300 pounds (28,710 kg) on the current model.
The diameter of the 747 engine cowling is 8 feet 6 inches (2.6 m).
Fuel
The 747-400ER can carry more than 63,500 gallons of fuel (240,370 L), making it possible to fly extremely long routes, such as Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia.
A 747-400 that flies 3,500 statute miles (5,630 km) and carries 126,000 pounds (56,700 kg) of fuel will consume an average of five gallons (19 L) per mile.
The 747-400 carries 3,300 gallons (12,490 L) of fuel in the horizontal (tail) stabilizer, allowing it to fly an additional 350 nautical miles.
Interior
The award-winning Boeing Signature Interior is available on both the 747-400 and 747-400ER.
At 31,285 cubic feet (876 cubic meters), the 747-400 has the largest passenger interior volume of any commercial airliner, which is equivalent to more than three houses each measuring 1,500 square feet (135 square meters).
The 747-400 has a redesigned "flexible" cabin interior that allows airlines to rearrange seats and class configuration overnight (in eight hours). They also permit 48-hour conversion times for changes in galley and lavatory locations.
Airline cargo handlers use the 747-400's lower-lobe cargo handling system to load or unload more than 65,000 pounds (30,000 kg) of cargo - the equivalent of 625 pieces of luggage combined with 20 tons of revenue freight - in less than 15 minutes.
The Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., could have been performed within the 150-foot (45-m) economy section of a 747-400.
There are 365 lights, gauges and switches in the new-technology 747-400 flight deck, reduced from 971 on earlier 747 models. _________________ I love the smell of Jet Fuel in the morning. |
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the_380 Member
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Whoa! Thats informative indeed _________________ http://www.myspace.com/avsatsworld
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JumboJet Member
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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the_380 wrote: | Whoa! Thats informative indeed |
In case you have'nt noticed They don't call me Jumbo Jet for nothing _________________ I love the smell of Jet Fuel in the morning. |
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Aseem wrote: | Can anybody confirm if AI was one of the launch customer with sticker on the fusalage?
rgds
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Yes, the Air India Centaur is there in the second row.
From the right it comes 15 out of 17 and from the left it is third!
At the ceremony, the Air India airhostess is also there as fourth from the left. |
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AKLDELNonstop Member
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot for posting JJ _________________ Geniuses are always misunderstood in their lifetimes. |
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JumboJet Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:08 am Post subject: |
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AKLDELNonstop wrote: | Thanks a lot for posting JJ |
Ur welcome I shall post some relevant pdf on the tech specs of the 747 series soon _________________ I love the smell of Jet Fuel in the morning. |
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