The 747 is a small plane
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Eric Mc said:
RobM77 said:
Great picture!
With regard to the Spruce Goose picture, I knew it was big, but I had no idea it was that big
It's main drawback was that it probably couldn't fly - a bit of a handicap for an aeroplane.With regard to the Spruce Goose picture, I knew it was big, but I had no idea it was that big
I'm still impressed by the size of the thing, given the time it was built and the technology around at the time.Eric Mc said:
It's main drawback was that it probably couldn't fly - a bit of a handicap for an aeroplane.
Maybe it would have done - but it was designed as a troop transport for WW2 and the war finished before it was built. And after the war the jet age had arrived and longer ranges meant large flying boats were no longer needed, so it was doubly obsolete.That said, it looks woefully underpowered, especially to get off water. There must be a point where drag beats power whatever you do.
No sound unfortunately: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5XSESxKfKE
By all accounts it wasn't too far off the mark. I've never seen it but I do know a bit about the Spruce Goose and what was going on around the project at the time. The BBC series "Reaching for the Skies" features part of Hughes testifying to The House.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT3q8wg_1-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT3q8wg_1-0
bigbubba said:
Ok,
well seeing as the Trent 900 engines on the Lufthansa A380 are 4.55m in length and the GEnx on the 747 are 4.69m in length it proves that this photo is BS. The engines on this A380 look at least 1.5 times longer than the 747 which mean the rest of the aircraft must be too.
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Not to sound too geeky/anorakish but that United Jumbo won't be using GEnx engines, Probably more like P&W PW4000 something or other which I am guessing is probably shorter than a GEnx engine and a BigBus Trent. I agree I don't reckon they are on the same runway. See them on the way to work and they don't outsize them that much. well seeing as the Trent 900 engines on the Lufthansa A380 are 4.55m in length and the GEnx on the 747 are 4.69m in length it proves that this photo is BS. The engines on this A380 look at least 1.5 times longer than the 747 which mean the rest of the aircraft must be too.
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motomk said:
bigbubba said:
Ok,
well seeing as the Trent 900 engines on the Lufthansa A380 are 4.55m in length and the GEnx on the 747 are 4.69m in length it proves that this photo is BS. The engines on this A380 look at least 1.5 times longer than the 747 which mean the rest of the aircraft must be too.
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Not to sound too geeky/anorakish but that United Jumbo won't be using GEnx engines, Probably more like P&W PW4000 something or other which I am guessing is probably shorter than a GEnx engine and a BigBus Trent. I agree I don't reckon they are on the same runway. See them on the way to work and they don't outsize them that much. well seeing as the Trent 900 engines on the Lufthansa A380 are 4.55m in length and the GEnx on the 747 are 4.69m in length it proves that this photo is BS. The engines on this A380 look at least 1.5 times longer than the 747 which mean the rest of the aircraft must be too.
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