Fly Away

This huge baby flew me (and JSC) to New York City. Grateful. Found my old-fashion-printed photos the other day. Spent a long time taking pictures of pictures pictures. The digital version added a faded touch to them, and the reflection of my hands. Always a winner. Facts forever: Babies, as already mentioned, is often referred to as JumboJets, the official name; 747. You have different editions. 747SP. 747 LCF. 747-400 and 747-8. The first flight was in 1969, in other words 40 years ago. Jumbo got a range up to 13.450 km. A number I find small. The perimeter of the world around equator is 40 075 km. They can accommodate 416 passengers in a typical three-class-layout, and max speed is 918 km/h. 13.450/918=14.65 hours constant flying (theoretically). The body excluding cargo weighs 162.400-214.503 kg, depending on model. Max takeoff weight: 333.400-439.985 kg. 333.400-162.400=171.000 kg cargo. Pretty much, considering I`m 70 kg including my personal cargo (416x100 (added 30 kg to be sure, to be sure)=41600 kg), but I`m not fuel. And I guess that is their top priority. Max fuel, 183.380-243.120 L. 183.380/1000=183.38 cubic metres of fuel. That correlate to 30.6 of my preferred rental cars from ML-Flyt in Århus. In 1970 Boeing had as much as 92 deliveries, in 2008, 14 deliveries. British Airways operates the largest fleet of 747s in the world, with 55 examples. This is one of them..or maybe 8. Hard to tell.