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To: WildTurkey
Check the numbers. It will either never leave the ground or it will not make it around the earth.

Range for a fully-loaded 747 is about 5200 nmi, or roughly 25% of the way around the world. That assumes a constant payload weight (not true if the payload is fuel) and a standard fuel load (also not true if the payload is fuel).

You may be correct, and I'm not an airplane performance guy, but I think that, given these factors, a suitably-modified 747 could probably get pretty close to making it.

27 posted on 11/30/2004 12:48:14 PM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb

If you check the numbers you will see that you MIGHT be able to carry 50% more fuel on takeoff. Even with the decreasing weight during flight, that won't get you around the world.


30 posted on 11/30/2004 1:03:11 PM PST by WildTurkey
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