Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
Obviously the BBC has never heard of tbe Martin Mars, nearlly twice as large (71m wingspan ) with MTOW 75 tons and able to carry 133 pax . 2 are still flying in Canada as fire fighters .
If you'd taken the time to actually READ what the BBC wrote, you'd see that:
a) They have heard of the Martin Mars and
b) They emphasise 'in production'...
Still, lets not interupt a bit of BBC slagging...