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From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: My Airplane is Heavier than Yours
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Date: Sat, 5-Jan-85 12:14:52 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan  5 12:14:52 1985
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>From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh

> > ... (we modified a used 747 to carry the Space Shuttle orbiters).  The
> > answer is "the same as any other 747... 580,000 to 780,000 lbs...
> ... max. is 778,000 lbs.  The zero-fuel weight is 526,000 lbs.

On a non-stop PanAm flight from NYC to Tokyo in a 747SP, our captain said
that the weight of the plane prior to take-off was 55% fuel. A little
frightening.  It is designed to carry fewer people farther than the 747.