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1969 marked the debut of another revolutionary aircraft, the Boeing 747, which, again, Pan Am was the first to purchase and fly in commercial service. It was the first wide-body jet, with two aisles, a distinctive upper deck over the front section of the fuselage, and four engines. With seating for as many as 450 passengers, it was twice as big as any other Boeing jet and 80 percent bigger than the largest jet up until that time, the DC-8.
Recognizing the economies of scale to be gained from larger jets, other aircraft manufacturers quickly followed suit. Douglas built its first wide-body, the DC-10, in 1970, and only a month later, Lockheed flew its contender in the wide-body market, the L-1011. Both of these jets had three engines (one under each wing and one on the tail) and were smaller than the 747, seating about 250 passengers.
During the same period of time, efforts were underway in both the United States and Europe to build a supersonic commercial aircraft. The Soviet Union was the first to succeed, testing the Tupolev 144 in December of 1968. A consortium of West European aircraft manufacturers first flew the Concorde two months later and eventually produced a number of those fast, but small, jets for commercial service. U.S. efforts to produce a supersonic passenger jet, on the other hand, stalled in 1971 due to public concern about it's expense and the sonic boom produced by such aircraft.
Time-zone BreakDown: May 1st, 2015 at:
9PM Eastern
8PM Central
7PM Mountain
6PM Pacific
Flight Plan:
Starting Airport: KOMA
Stops: KMKE - KDTW
[I]Ending Airport: KDTW
http://skyvector.com/?ll=42.26430141390969,-87.39349364659621&chart=301&zoom=7&plan=A.K3.KOMA: A.K5.KMKE:A.K5.KDTW
Target Airspeed: [300kias -360kias]
Average Cruising Altitude: 19,500 FT - 21,000 FT AGL
Preferred Aircraft: Airliners! 2 - 4 engines, with 70+ passenger capacity. I will be flying the PMDG 737-800 or the Default Boeing 747.
Preferred Sim Platform: Steam Edition (Boxed works too, but will need a separate flight lead)