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Unusual and record-breaking planes: Six incredible planes you'll never fly on
In the past 10 years, travellers have become increasingly interested in the type of plane they fly on to reach their destination. Competition between the big two aircraft manufacturers, America's Boeing and Europe's Airbus, has seen great leaps forward in plane technology. The launch of the Airbus A380 superjumbo, the biggest commercial aircraft to fly, in 2007 and the carbon-fibre and cutting-edge technology found on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which took off on its first… (www.msn.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The economical life of this beautiful machine was doomed even before it flew for the first time: in its haste to build a supersonic plane the French and Brittons decided that it was what they wanted it to be, damn the cost. Sure enough the cabin was just 103" wide and 77" high, a bit wider than the good ole DC-3 and the internal hight a few inches higher than the DC-3. With such limited dimensions they could only squeeze in 100 pax and the cost of tickets on a LHR/JFK run was some 25% higher than FIrst Class 747. So the bulk of passengers were extremely well paid execs of international companies who wanted to be seen (but loathed the total lack of confort pitch distance, width and the such). Maintenance was three to four time the cost of the same operation on a 747. Fuel burn, well, lts not talk about it. All in all an economic failure.
My list includes the B-36. I don't like to think about what this plane was built for, however it is certainly unique:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgur50yMHwE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgur50yMHwE
The stock image of the Concorde in the article is an artist's rendition of the Concorde over Washington, D.C. with what appears to be a black missile shooting towards it.
Could we have gotten a better stock shot?
Could we have gotten a better stock shot?
I agree William...a better photo could have come from this http://www.wings24.com/news/concorde-a-record-breaker#.WKXzon8pUfI
I can almost remember which book/movie that was from. Was it Airport '79?
Why is it that some articles still need better research...the A380 is not the biggest commercial aircraft to fly..that crown is still held by the AN225.