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OK......Five Big Ass Jets in formation.No Jumbo's Randy it are Airbus A350.
But cool nonetheless.
Oh for pete's sake! The “wide body” Airbus 350 can carry 250 to 350 passengers in a typical three-class seating layout. Or, a maximum seating of 550 passengers, depending on the variant.No Jumbo's Randy it are Airbus A350.
But cool nonetheless.
Oh for pete's sake! The “wide body” Airbus 350 can carry 250 to 350 passengers in a typical three-class seating layout. Or, a maximum seating of 550 passengers, depending on the variant.
The original “Jumbo Jet”, the Boeing 747, started out nearly the same with a capacity of 225 to 350 passengers. In 1970 that was up to 2.5 times the capacity of a 707.
Ya, it's not a "Jumbo" if you subscribe to, only 747's are Jumbo's, convention but... it is a jumbo in my book because as Randy points out, they are "Big Ass Jets!
Ta-mate-ah - tow-maw-toe
Francois would enjoy that.....
Now consider hundreds of 4 engine bombers flying in formation for hours at a time 70 years ago with rudimentary navigation and radio gear..........
That's what I mean....and flying close formation with fighters zipping in and out and planes falling out of the sky, and bombs dropping from aircraft at higher altitude!!! :jsm:Those boys ( Men ) were amazing Ed...mainly in their early 20s.
I've been on board a B17 here in the UK and I can tell you it is not a place I would want to go to war...The skin as thin as a Coke Can the only barrier to shrapnel and bullets,:jsm:
We did get some 1000 bomber raids later in the war...The numbers would be made up with rookie crews....Scary stuff.
Joe
That's what I mean....and flying close formation with fighters zipping in and out and planes falling out of the sky, and bombs dropping from aircraft at higher altitude!!! :jsm:
I have taken a flight in a B-17....gave me a whole new appreciation of how brave those guys were.
Yep, Chuck, much smaller.....but hundreds, not just 5.....
Aluminum Overcast, Joe......my take off and landing position was the radio operator's seat. The radio equipment was only about a foot away from the operator's face!!
As soon as the wheels were off the ground we could get up and wander about the aircraft until just before touch down.
Couldn't go down the tunnel to the tail or get into the ball, but everywhere else. A half hour ride across North Georgia at low altitude. Noisy, vibrating, tight (I banged my head a few times)..... Looking at the daylight coming in through the gaps in the bomb bay doors (no pressurized aircraft here!)
Best $450 dollars I ever spent.
Why yes I do......and God only knows Randy, judging by the Brutie F4 wars, knows a " Big Ass Bird" when he sees one. :naughty:
Joe