One Miiiiillion Pounds

[spasekace]

747-8 Test flight


:rawk:

 

[mshunter]

So who's the winner right now. The A-380 or the 748?

Edit: Never mind. The 380 takes aloft 300,000 more pounds. Bummer.

 

[Pilotforhire587]

I still feel safer in a Boeing!

 

[Pilotforhire587]

I always thought the 800 was gonna have a stretched second deck too, not just a streched fusalage and bigger engines. Looks like its a new wing too!

 

[spasekace]

I always thought the 800 was gonna have a stretched second deck too

This the first variant, the -8F. Same as the -400F, no need for an extended upper deck. I'm not sure how long the -8 pax upper deck will be.

 

[fholbert]

With only 7,000 feet of a 15,000-foot runway remaining, it's obvious the margin of error is small," says Capt. Stemer.

 

[seagull]

With only 7,000 feet of a 15,000-foot runway remaining, it's obvious the margin of error is small," says Capt. Stemer.

Wow, uses a LOT more runway than the A380 while carrying a LOT less weight. Very interesting.

 

[seagull]

I still feel safer in a Boeing!

Based on?

 

[zulu99]

if it ain't a Boeing than i ain't going.......

 

[seagull]

So who's the winner right now. The A-380 or the 748?

Edit: Never mind. The 380 takes aloft 300,000 more pounds. Bummer.

It's worse than that. 1.3 million is the DESIGN takeoff weight. They loaded the 74-8 up over it's max design weight for the test (not by a lot over, the design is 975k).

 

[fholbert]

Edit: Never mind. The 380 takes aloft 300,000 more pounds. Bummer.

Does it matter? How much demand is there to haul that kind of weight?

 

[seagull]

if it ain't a Boeing than i ain't going.......

Nice marketing slogan from Boeing, but I find it incredible that there are pilots that do not look beyond something as superficial as, what is essentially, skin color, to the deeper issues in the design.

 

[seagull]

Does it matter? How much demand is there to haul that kind of weight?

The same as there is to haul what the 74-8 can, but burning less gas to do so. Obviously, both Boeing and Airbus marketing departments believe the demand is there.

 

[fholbert]

if it ain't a Boeing than i ain't going.......

As a frequent flyer with over 3.3 million miles I always tried to rescheduled when I was booked on an Airbus. The few times I rode an Airbus were not pleasant. Blame the seating on the airline but the noise level was awful.

 

[Minuteman]

Nice!

Airbus should send 'em a miniature muffin basket or a kitchen scale in congratulations.

(And, hopefully, Boeing will send back some flame or lightning-bolt stickers to put on the side of the plane to make it faster.)

 

[fholbert]

Obviously, both Boeing and Airbus marketing departments believe the demand is there.

I don't know. I don't see Boeing making new jumbo jet designs. Modifying a 40 year old design isn't new territory.

 

[spasekace]

I still feel safer in a Boeing!

huh?

if it ain't a Boeing than i ain't going.......

really?

Nice marketing slogan from Boeing, but I find it incredible that there are pilots that do not look beyond something as superficial as, what is essentially, skin color, to the deeper issues in the design.

Thank you.

 

[fholbert]

It's worse than that. 1.3 million is the DESIGN takeoff weight. They loaded the 74-8 up over it's max design weight for the test (not by a lot over, the design is 975k).

Who's flying the 380 Freighter? Have any been delivered?

 

[seagull]

I don't know. I don't see Boeing making new jumbo jet designs. Modifying a 40 year old design isn't new territory.

Yes, they already had a super jumbo, which, incidentally, virtually EVERYONE said there would be no market for at the time...

 

[spasekace]

Who's flying the 380 Freighter? Have any been delivered?

From Wiki: "Although Airbus originally accepted orders for the freighter version, production has been suspended until the A380 production lines have settled. No firm date has been offered for delivery of the first freighter"
Other articles I've read seem to indicate that the Freighter version is dead for now. Could be one of the reasons Boeing went with the -8F first.