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From: mat@hou4b.UUCP (Mark Terribile)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: 747 Mileageours
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Date: Thu, 27-Dec-84 19:30:51 EST
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If you want to talk about high fuel consumption, there's always the Saturn V
main booster (first stage).  One of my favorite statistics:

	o	The Saturn V's main booster consumed 15 tons of fuel per
		second.  That's 30 000 lb of jet fuel every second --
		enough to sustain an F15 for several tens of minutes of
		fairly active flight.
	o	In the last moon shot, the five engines under that sucker
		developed an estimated 7 782 000 lbs of thrust -- enough to
		lift 19 fully laded 747-300s -- straight up.
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