ETOPS = Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 8:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Upcoming Share Conference events in 2017 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 . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
