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Old 20th Mar 2007, 07:19
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aviate1138
 
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Taildragger67 said in part.....
"Further, it looks like it's still a tad on the fat side"

Aviate 1138 remembers......
If you can cast your mind back to 1969 and the introduction of the 747? How many airports around the world had to be modified to accept the overweight?, underpowered early version. I remember a Pan Am 747 flying very low over the Berkshire countryside in 1970. How times have changed. Didn't runways and taxiways also have to be strengthened to take the 747?
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