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Legendary 747 designer Sutter dies age 95
ATWOnline | Air Transport World ^
| August 30, 2016
| Guy Norris
Posted on 08/31/2016 9:19:54 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: headstamp 2
thats a 747 bringing a shuttle up to low earth orbit. they used them for that for a few years.Kidding. Right?
How about ferrying the shuttle back to Florida after a California landing.
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posted on
08/31/2016 12:34:31 PM PDT
by
BfloGuy
( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
To: Gamecock
Wow...I have always thought the pilots must feel like they are flying a skyscraper through the sky!
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posted on
08/31/2016 12:42:21 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: NorthMountain
In both the pilot was blond and born on a Tuesday.
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posted on
08/31/2016 1:14:19 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: NorthMountain
It is not nice to make fun of other’s deformities.
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posted on
08/31/2016 1:15:58 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: TalonDJ
Its parents were apparently exposed to too much cosmic radiation from high altitude flight.
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posted on
08/31/2016 1:18:13 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: BfloGuy
Yes I was. Just a little levity to break the monotony.
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posted on
08/31/2016 1:18:48 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: rlmorel
When you are upstairs you really notice the extra height. Plus it is super quiet..
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posted on
08/31/2016 1:22:00 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
To: BfloGuy; headstamp 2
Well, you’re both right....
The first use of the 747 NASA transporter as part of the early flight testing was to take the Enterprise shuttle to altitude and release it so it could prove out the unpowered glide to landing portion of the shuttle recovery from orbit.
Most of that work was done in the mid 70’s and the 747(s) went on to serve as ferries as BG posted.
Got to help with the installation of ejection seats in the Enterprise before those tests started and the last time I saw Enterprise was in a Toyota commercial when they towed her off to a museum.
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posted on
08/31/2016 1:25:56 PM PDT
by
Unrepentant VN Vet
(...against all enemies, foreign or domestic...)
To: Uversabound
Ain’t fer sissies, either!
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posted on
08/31/2016 1:26:51 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Okay, the Primaries are over and it is us against the DC Uni-Party!)
To: NorthMountain
But the RR engines developed for those models were tested before RR had its own testbed. The original prototype 747 line number 1 was used to test the P&W and RR engines for the 777-200, 777-200ER and 777-300. The engines on the 787 are quite large. The GE GEnx engines developed for the 787 have a larger fan diameter than the ones developed for the 747-8.
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posted on
08/31/2016 1:28:43 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
To: Gamecock
Hahaha...I read your post about sitting in front of the nose gear, and I can just imagine, for a split second, that as you taxied into the terminal, it was a “WHOAAAAAAA!” feeling, like you were going to go through the gate or something!
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posted on
08/31/2016 2:01:45 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: NorthMountain
The Iranians own the only 747 tanker in the world...I think that might even be the one before they sold it to them.
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posted on
08/31/2016 2:03:35 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Great book! I loved the part about the landing gear, and how he wanted additional backup systems...paid off on one of the first commercial flights, IIRC...
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posted on
08/31/2016 2:05:12 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: rlmorel
The Shah bought two; one crashed some time after the revolution. The other is still flying, supposedly. That one probably did end up sold to Iran.
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posted on
08/31/2016 2:11:43 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: NorthMountain
That irritates me. WE should have a 747 tanker, not them!
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posted on
08/31/2016 2:13:18 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: rlmorel
I will say it makes the loudest racket I have eber heard come from a plane.
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posted on
08/31/2016 2:17:04 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
To: NorthMountain
That last one is called the “DreamLifter”. Saw one flying over Spokane a few years ago.
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posted on
08/31/2016 2:17:54 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
("It's not the whole world gone mad. Just the people in it.")
To: rlmorel
It would certainly be bigger than the KC-46 (B767 variant) that we do have.
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posted on
08/31/2016 2:18:42 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
To: real saxophonist
“Wonder if any of my G-Shocks will still be working in 100 years... “
I’d just be happy with a decent toaster that would last 8-10 years.:-)
.
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posted on
08/31/2016 2:19:31 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Gamecock
Ever heard the BUFF taking off at full power with water injection?
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posted on
08/31/2016 2:22:46 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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