The 747 was designed as a cargo plane to compete with supersonic passenger jets (Europe, Russian, and American planes were being designed). It was designed to hold 2 cargo containers side by side and to fly at about 575 mph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747 . Most other commercial planes fly about 500 mph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_(aeronautics) . 747s do take extra fuel to fly this fast and is one reason why they are fairly limited in market penetration. Long over ocean routes used to be limited to 4 engine planes, but 2 engine planes are being allowed to fly further and further from the nearest airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPS .
On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 5:42 PM, retired mainframer <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Charles Mills >> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 1:08 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Upcoming Share Conference events in 2017 >> >> A long way to fly in a 737! > > Don't all the jets fly at roughly the same speed? If you are in coach, what > difference does the size of the cigar tube make? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
