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     A_s_r |
Got a chance to see the first flight of the 747-8 yesterday. Cool stuff... Pictures: http://cid-6dda022c99725567.skydrive.live.com/play .aspx/747-8F%20First%20Flight?ref=1 | ||
| Debueller |
Here's to the 747-8 and the 787 finacing my pension...... I hope they are both big $ makers for the company. | ||
| A_s_r |
Above were vids and pics I took. Here are some professional ones  http://www.king5.com/home/related/Watch-SkyKING-ae rials-of-Boeings-747-8-first-flight-takeoff-838281 77.html http://www.king5.com/video/featured-videos/Watch-S kyKING-aerials-of-Boeings-747-8-landing-83843542.h tml http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/photogalleri es/businesstechnology2011017920/1.html http://www.heraldnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avi s=DH&Dato=20100208&Kategori=BIZ01&Lopenr=208009998 &Ref=PH&SectionCat=RSS01&template=gallery | ||
| Nevrenuf |
how is that compared to the standard 747. i was working on concourse d the first time the concorde came into miami. the whole job shut down and the expressway almost totally shut down to watch this thing come in. always enjoyed working at airports to watch the planes take off and land. (Message edited by nevrenuf on February 09, 2010) | ||
| Edgydrifter |
At 250' long and 225' from wingtip to wingtip, the cargo version of the 747-8 that they tested yesterday is about 18' longer and 14' wider than the current-gen 747. Here are some other fun stats. Max takeoff weight: 975,000 lbs. Max cruise speed: Mach 0.85 Max thrust: 66,500 lbs. (per engine) Max payload: 154 tons Est. range: 5,000 miles (7,000 for passenger version) List price: $300M | ||
| Paw |
Yeah the GEnx engines are the shit...the top of the line engine in testing has generated 85,000 lbs of take off thrust. | ||
| Citified |
No barrel role? Test pilots aren't what they used to be. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vHiYA6Dmws | ||
| Radioelasais |
Yeah the GEnx engines are the shit...the top of the line engine in testing has generated 85,000 lbs of take off thrust. Hey! I work on GEnx. Wassup? | ||
| Slaughter |
Folks don't realize that the 747 actually can lift more WEIGHT than the C5 - not more volume, more WEIGHT. | ||
| Blake |
Steve, Wow, that is interesting. I'd never have guessed it. | ||
| Court |
There is something about watching planes that never gets old . . cool stuff ! | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
Wasn't the lifting capacity of the C5 lowered because of some structural flaw??? I know it was originally designed to carry more weight than they allow it to. | ||
| Reepicheep |
85,000 pounds of thrust... That's what we used to call "a pretty good start". You should hear what an engine sounds like when it goes from +92,000 pounds to -23,000 pounds over the course of some fraction of a second. I bet it woke up all the deer (which, at Peebles, outnumber GE employees by a factor of about 1000 : 1). Shoulda combined the blade out tests with deer season, and gotten some good jerky out of it... | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
I didn't know a jet engine could wind down so fast | ||
| Xb12xmike |
I saw a C5 do a slow flyby (geardown-flapsfull) at an airshow at McGuire AFB years ago. Was feakin' A W E S O M E !!! Is the 747-8 bigger than a C5? | ||
| Court |
Some good info HERE . . My favorite . .
On the other hand . . .
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| Tom_b |
The 747-8 is the larger of the two by just a couple feet in length and wingspan. The 747-8 has an almost 130,000 lb. heavier max takeoff weight. the 7478 has about 1900 more nautical mile range in freighter form. 747-8 spec. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/747-8_f acts.html | ||
| Tom_b |
There is a freight service that flies a russian built AN 124 into Wichita about once a week.. Pretty impressive plane. haven't seen it in a while | ||
| Court |
It's was always fun . . working in Wichita . . to see some of the stuff coming and going. Boeing used Shilling, in Salina, for the flight testing of the 747 when it was in development and at the time I was building a transmission line not far away. The thing . . when most of what I was flying were Convair 580's . . looked like a flying city. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Ferris... it sure can wind down that fast! (once.) (Actually, it's called a turbine stall, and it is when the thrust through the engine gets reversed because something went wrong... the engine is still spinning the same direction, but the thrust reverses. The result is generally about 1/4 mile of titanium glitter...) | ||
| Xb12xmike |
C5 should have been turned into a Gunship like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130: Maybe the 747-8 will. | ||
| Blake |
Ferris, That was a temporary downrating until all the wingboxes were fixed. Metal fatigue is a bitch. | ||
| Court |
>>>> Metal fatigue is a bitch. Just what qualifies you to give an opinion on structural fatigue???? | ||
| Blake |
I broke sumpin' once? | ||
| Court |
One of the guys in the Porsche Club had this land near his office . . .
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| A_s_r |
Some great shots from the chase plane...    | ||
| Hootowl |
Hey! I can see my (parent's) house from here! |
