John R Weiss wrote:

I watched the mpeg on the site. The narrator said; "at 400' and 140 knots,
the
747 can....."

What do they call that in Marketing 101 -- "puffery"?

Seemed awful slow to me for a half million pound jet, but having never flown an
aircraft with slats, I hear they're a wonderful device.




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"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"