Does anyone know where the figure of 28ft (above the runway) came from? I have made some careful measurements on the pictures where the aircraft is above the runway, and I can't make the height any less than 47ft.
I used the fuselage length of 242ft 4ins as a comparison, and I measured to the lowest part of the aircraft. That is where the bottom of the fuselage starts to slope up, round about the same frame as the furthest aft window.
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