IMHO the 747 is the tech that changed australia more than any other post the shock of european colonisation, conquest, settlement, whatever you want to call that.
The world suddenly got a lot smaller and closer. Visiting foreign lands became a thing accessible to a vastly larger proportion of the population and that was all most needed to get out there and see some of it.
Closely followed by satellite comms, then fibre, then the web & consumer internet. (Skype and its ilk).
The A380 is great and drew a crowd for its first landing in aus. Somehow its still not a Jumbo Jet for all that it is even bigger.
Which areoplane is winning the kilogram kilometers per Litre of jet fuel for long haul nowadays?
> Which areoplane is winning the kilogram kilometers per Litre of jet fuel for long haul nowadays?
Pretty sure it would be A350, or B787, or one of the latest gen updated B777's. Basically stick the latest generation biggest super high bypass turbofans on a modern body with lots of composite construction to minimize weight.
The world suddenly got a lot smaller and closer. Visiting foreign lands became a thing accessible to a vastly larger proportion of the population and that was all most needed to get out there and see some of it.
Closely followed by satellite comms, then fibre, then the web & consumer internet. (Skype and its ilk).
The A380 is great and drew a crowd for its first landing in aus. Somehow its still not a Jumbo Jet for all that it is even bigger.
Which areoplane is winning the kilogram kilometers per Litre of jet fuel for long haul nowadays?