Sentences with phrase «jumbo jet»

But ethanol will not work for the larger jumbo jets in commercial aviation because it does not pack enough power per gallon.

In fact, as this great video shows at the end, flying is cheaper than ever, half of what it cost thirty years ago, when they were already flying jumbo jets.

Around that time, he had already noted rough estimates of how many jumbo jets full of sulfur compounds would be required each year to counteract global warming.

The article is about a growing trend among the ultra rich to purchase jumbo jets for private use.

It's wonderfully simple and really, could there possibly be anything more brilliant than pulling an entire jumbo jet out of the sky with your teeth?

It is what allows jumbo jets weighing over a million pounds to climb into the sky.

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Right now, if you wish to fly on the new Boeing 747 - 8 Intercontinental jumbo jet from the United States, you...

A 2010 Stanford University study found that these domes act like pressure cookers, exacerbating pollution's harmful health effects, and may already be responsible for up to 1,000 excess deaths across the country, the equivalent of two jumbo jet crashes every single year.

Crowning the three hotel towers at 200 metres in the sky, the Sands SkyPark stretches longer than the Eiffel tower or four A380 Jumbo Jets when laid down.

This is like trying to replace jumbo jets with hang gliders.»

In the summer of 2016, Boeing suggested it could end production of the original jumbo jet — the Boeing 747 — as airlines eschewed the plane in favor of more fuel - efficient models.

Question 7: Boeing produced the first jumbo jet — the Boeing 747 - 100 — in 1970.

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Flights to Europe tend to involve the larger jumbo jets, and that is where the big money is — not only because more seats can be sold, but those overnight European flights can also be extraordinarily costly to consumers.

Joining Peter Greenberg will be Scott McCartney, Travel Editor for The Wall Street Journal, describing some of the outlandish amenities you can find on a private jumbo jet, including showers and multiple rooms.

The company gave the iconic humped jumbo jet, known at the «Queen of the Skies,» a special send - off.

Munoz: You've got other jumbo jets out there that are being built and that a couple of people are flying.

Airbus has pinned hopes of continuing production of its double - decker jumbo jet on Emirates, the world's largest operator of the aircraft which took delivery of its 100th A380 earlier this month.

Pence, who flew to the military facility with his wife, second lady Karen Pence, aboard a C - 17 military jumbo jet, praised the troops» service in helping combat Islamic State fighters in nearby Syria.

Martin Salter, the Labour party's vice-chair for the environment, said: «There aren't enough jumbo jets to drag me into the lobby to vote for the third runway.

Ferrying space shuttles across the country is just one of the very odd jobs given to the workhorse jumbo jet

Yes, the threat of war between major powers has declined, he notes, but the ability of small groups or even individuals to wreak enormous havoc — with nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons, not to mention jumbo jets — has grown.

Each of the reactor's toroidal field coils weighs as much as a fully laden jumbo jet, and there are 18 of them in total.

In that program, the Missile Defense Agency spent billions of dollars and over a decade to get a laser - rigged jumbo jet to destroy a ballistic missile in its boost phase of flight.

SOFIA, an infrared telescope that rides in the back of a modified jumbo jet, holds appeal to both astronomers and planetary scientists, but its large operating expenses and long history of problems and delays had made it prime target for budget cutters.

Turkey now has a bizarre new dive site: an A300 jumbo jet, which was sunk (intentionally) off its south - west coast this week.

With these terrifying words, 22 of Hollywood's greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a collision course with destruction in the nerve chilling sequel to the greatest disaster movie ever made.

Jumbo jets doubled airplane passenger capacity, and the federal government instituted the first national speed limit, 55 mph, to conserve energy during the 1973 oil embargo.

Featuring an entire jumbo jet, army vehicles, emergency vehicles, a submarine and much more, this museum is a treasure trove of vehicular delights and is well worth a visit.

San Francisco International Airport's International Terminal, which opened in December 2000, was designed specifically to accommodate super jumbo jet aircraft such as the A-380.

«Hanging out at Maho Beach in Saint Marten is hilarious, as landing and taking off jumbo jets come in very closely overhead.

The beach is located at the southern end of the runway of Princess Juliana International Airport, thus providing you with a very special experience: For those who love a thrill, watch and see incoming Jumbo jets gliding in and landing on the strip.

Conflicts with the Wilkersons, the nature of a mysterious downed jumbo jet, and various other dangling narrative threads will remain dangling.

Social media, 24 - hour news channels, and embedded reporters feed us an avalanche of information with breaking news reports of every crisis from a missing jumbo jet to a Congress that is immobilized by its own dogma.

He flies jumbo jets.

But it has largely escaped the attention of atmospheric chemists until recently that the present generation of jumbo jets is flying higher than ever to capitalise on the lower fuel costs that come from cruising in thinner air.

The incident aboard an Airbus A380 jumbo jet that had been pushed back from its gate bound for Incheon, near Seoul, provoked outrage in South Korea when it was reported on Monday.

When we leased our first 747 jumbo jet in 1984, I knew very little about the airline business, beyond the fact that I had flown a lot as a record executive and disliked it.

Passengers are having a tougher time finding a seat on theBoeing 747 these days, but that doesn't mean their stuff won't be hitching a ride on the original jumbo jet.