From kls Fri Jul 26 10:59:14 1996 Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners,misc.transport.air-industry Path: bounce-back From: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz) Subject: Re: A3XX vs B747-600 (was: Airbus lawsuit coming?) Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM References: Organization: Chicago Software Works, Menlo Park, California Date: 26 Jul 96 10:59:14 Message-ID: >That may be true, but one must not extend the wing too much. The >maximum wing span has just about been reached for commercial aircraft, >for the time being. Extending the wing size would mean new airport >terminal design for nose-in-gate positioning or parking the aircraft >out on an apron and using shuttle busses. It's more than just that -- there's also the problem of clearance on the runways and taxiways. Think of the "alley" at LAX, the parallel taxiways just west of the Bradley International Terminal, or the typical taxiway parallel to a runway. Some of these already have restrictions that preclude two 747-400s from passing, at least at certain spots. -- Karl Swartz |Home kls@chicago.com |Work kls@netapp.com |WWW http://www.chicago.com/~kls/ Moderator of sci.aeronautics.airliners -- Unix/network work pays the bills