Saturday, May 5, 2007

Planespotting

These are the longhaul aircraft we're taking:

Boeing 777-200
Christchurch to Singapore & San Francisco to Auckland. First airliner designed entirely on computer.
Specs:
Length: 63.7m
Wingspan: 60.9m
Cruising speed: 918km/hr
Max take-off weight: 247,210 kg
hull-loss incidents: 0




Boeing 747-400
Singapore to Frankfurt. Classic 'jumbo jet' - cost/mile ratio revolutioned air travel.
Specs:
Length: 70.6m
Wingspan: 64.4m
Cruising speed: 913km/hr
Max take-off weight: 396,890 kg
hull-loss incidents: 12



Airbus A340-600
Munich to San Francisco.
Specs:
Length: 75.3m
Wingspan: 63.45m
Cruising speed: 907km/hr
Max take-off weight: 344,743 kg
hull-loss incidents: 2 (zero fatal)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Dude... you are putting your trust in a plane that was designed entirely on a computer!!!!
Have you ever worked on a computer? Do you trust a computer?

;o)

Have a good time and stay in touch.

Cheers