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Re: How big is to big?
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Tue, 18 Jul 2000 02:04:18 GMT
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I still want those one planes that people have been talking about for oh the
past 30-40 years, Basically it's a icbm with people strapped to a pod on the
back, halfway around the world in 5 hours with minimal expense. Technically
feasible, probably as safe as regular flying, even more so since you
wouldn't need to worry about weather or mountatins(1). There supposed to
start construction in Flagstaff, AZ or roundabouts for a RD thing on this
idea, can't wait to fly in one.
Matt
Erin Windross <e-windross@home.com> wrote in message
news:Fxt3KJ.Jvo@lugnet.com...
> (exert taken from CNN article)
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> "(CNN) -- The challenge for the travel industry in the next century is to
> accommodate an anticipated boom in tourism and commuting -- and to do so • in
> style. Specialists say to expect bigger planes, larger ships, faster jets • and
> more amenities.
>
> Air travel has opened the world to the masses in a way hardly imagined • only
> decades ago. "In addition to Americans traveling a lot more, we also see • the
> world getting a lot smaller," says Suzanne Cook, of the Travel Industry
> Association. "International tourism is growing at an even faster rate than
> domestic travel."
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> Airline officials say they expect worldwide air travel to grow from 1.3
> billion passengers this year to 2 billion passengers in 2010. That has
> inspired Airbus to consider building a new plane that's even bigger than
> Boeing's jumbo jet, the 747. The super-jumbo A3XX would seat up to 555
> passengers, a third again as many as the 747.
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> The European consortium is expected to decide in the next year whether to
> build the super-jumbo A3XX, with a first delivery possible in 2005.
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> Critics including Chris Bowers of United Airlines, say many airports won't • be
> able to handle such a large aircraft. "It makes no sense to build an • airplane
> with 600 passengers," he says, "if the gate room can only hold 100 or if
> customs and immigration can only take so many per hour. We do think we can
> have bigger aircraft than exist today, such as the 747s. But, again, in
> limited quantities."
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> Richard Branson, chairman of London-based Virgin Atlantic Airways, says • it's
> not quantity but quality that counts. "We pamper our passengers like no
> airline pampers them."
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> "We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so
> people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's • sleep."
> --Richard Branson, Virgin Atlantic Airways
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> Virgin planes have personal video monitors at every seat, a standup bar,
> manicures and massages. And there's more to come, Branson says.
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> "We've got many plans for the next century," Branson says. "First of all,
> we're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so
> people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep, • if
> they want to sleep."
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> End.
> --
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> How big is to big? Sure I realize that many people need to get from point • a to
> point b, but what happens when so many of them are cramped into one • airplane?
> Picture yourself on the A3XX, flying at a safe altitude, all of a sudden a
> bomb goes off in the lugage compartment, and this two deck airliner comes
> crashing to the ground bringing more than 700 people to their deaths. It • would
> probably be the worst disaster in history!
>
> Now that plane, ship, train, and auto makers keep making things larger • with
> more capcity, there is more room for something to go wrong. Would you feel
> safe on a two deck airplane that carries the most passengers in the world? • I
> wouldn't...
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