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Any flight buffs know the estimated cost of doing something like that? I’m all for having fun, and I love that they spent the money to do it
That's uh...pretty rough and I'm not a flight buff, but wanted to do the bare minimum for the exercise.
[0] https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/qu...
* edited the ppg
The world's largest vector plotter. Good thing they didn't have to do PU/PD.
Makes me think of the famous "707 Barrel Roll" story from its initial testing: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/60-years-ago-the-f... “You know that. Now we know that. But just don’t do it anymore.” Edit: forgot the barrel roll was on a 707 - not a 747
Should note that's a 707 that Tex Johnston rolled, not a 747. I'm not aware of any barrel rolls performed in a 747.
Makes me think of the famous "707 Barrel Roll" story from its initial testing: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/60-years-ago-the-f... “You know that. Now we know that. But just don’t do it anymore.” Edit: forgot the barrel roll was on a 707 - not a 747
Any flight buffs know the estimated cost of doing something like that? I’m all for having fun, and I love that they spent the money to do it
Not a flight buff, but... - Jet fuel from NYC to LAX seems to cost ~$10k.[1] - You pay a pilot $50 / hour salary. (+100% more with benefits?)[2] - Double all of that for a bunch of random things I can't think of (airport fees?) My napkin math seems to indicate this couldn't possibly cost Boeing more than $10-20k? Pretty small potatoes to such a large company. [1] https://simpleflying.com/commercial-airliner-fuel-cost…
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Any flight buffs know the estimated cost of doing something like that? I’m all for having fun, and I love that they spent the money to do it
My working was:
+2 hours (a path that should take 0.5 hours took 2.5h according to flight radar)
According to a random aviation site, an unspecified 747 revision at unspecified altitude with unspecified engines burns 4 litres per second, so take that with a bag of salt!
Jet A1 fuel at $1/litre-ish
$30k-ish ?