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Old 12th Mar 2001, 21:02
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They get you 3% fuel burn reduction in cruise. Otherwise she is an old girl without much new technology. The 747X will be radically different. I wonder how pilots are gonna feel about 175 kts landings and 200 kts rotate speeds....