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- From: drinkard@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Terrell D. Drinkard)
- Subject: Re: Boeing 747-300
- References: <airliners.1992.4@ohare.Chicago.COM>
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- Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 22:15:02 PST
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- In article <airliners.1992.4@ohare.Chicago.COM> jerry@telecom.ksu.edu (Jerry And
- erson) writes:
- >Is the Boeing 747-300 the largest commercial passenger aircraft
- >in the world? Is the -300 the latest version, or are there
- >newer, possibly larger stretched versions of the 747?
-
- No, actually, I believe the 747-400 is currently the largest production
- passenger aircraft in the world. Wingspan of 211' and max takeoff weight
- of 870,000lb, I believe. Not that I do Everett products... :-)
-
- >I've heard Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas and Airbus all have plans
- >in the works for Really Big Planes in the 600-700 passenger,
- >7500-8000 mile range. Does anyone know if these planes are
- >really going to get built, or is this the usual "if we can
- >pre-sell a couple of hundred, maybe we'll really build it?"
- >Does anyone have model numbers, specs (passengers, range), or
- >projected delivery dates?
-
- The Boeing and the Airbus offerings in this market seem to both hover
- around 600 seats and 7,000 mile range. Takeoff weights in the million
- pound plus range. The anticipated market, as described by John Hayhurst,
- Director of New Large Airplane Division, is only a couple hundred airplanes
- TOTAL. From my knothole, it looks like a prestige fight. But there are a
- lot of interesting questions that must be answered before anyone will build
- one of these monsters.
-
- > These numbers come from memory, and
- >I have no faith in them at all:
-
- Rightly so. :-)
-
- > Company Model Delivery
- > ------- ------ --------
- > McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 1993
-
- I think you'll find that the MD-11 has been delivering since 1990. Very
- nice airplane overall. My writer flew on one to Europe, he liked it
- better than the 767. :-) It is probably the MD-12 that you have in mind.
- It is on hold until somebody comes up with $2Begabucks to finance the
- development.
-
- > Airbus AE-400 1994
-
- You may be thinking of the A-340, which should certainly be delivering by
- then. I think it is the A-350 that is the number being kicked about for
- their UHCA (Ultra High Capacity Aircraft).
-
- > Boeing 777 1995-6
-
- Pretty close. March '95 sticks in my mind for some reason, but I'm not
- that familiar with the 777's schedule. My wife probably knows... :-)
-
- Terry
- drinkard@bcstec.ca.boeing.com
-
-