eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder) (01/01/70)
> How did this subject end up in net.auto? Answer: as usual in Usenet :-) > Does anyone know the take-off weight of the 747 with the Space Shuttle > piggy-backed on top? > -- > George Tomasevich, ihnp4!twitch!grt > AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ I remember asking one of my co-workers, Bob Conrad, about this. Bob was a weights engineer on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft project here at Boeing (we modified a used 747 to carry the Space Shuttle orbiters). The answer is "the same as any other 747... 580,000 to 780,000 lbs, depending on fuel load". Since the Orbiters weigh about 180,000 lbs, and the airplane plus Orbiter combination has lots of drag, the range of the SCA is down around 1000-2000 miles. Dani Eder / Boeing Aerospace Company / uw-beaver!ssc-vax!eder
grt@twitch.UUCP ( G.R.Tomasevich) (12/28/84)
How did this subject end up in net.auto? Answer: as usual in Usenet :-) Does anyone know the take-off weight of the 747 with the Space Shuttle piggy-backed on top? -- George Tomasevich, ihnp4!twitch!grt AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) (01/05/85)
**** **** >From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh > > ... (we modified a used 747 to carry the Space Shuttle orbiters). The > > answer is "the same as any other 747... 580,000 to 780,000 lbs... > ... max. is 778,000 lbs. The zero-fuel weight is 526,000 lbs. On a non-stop PanAm flight from NYC to Tokyo in a 747SP, our captain said that the weight of the plane prior to take-off was 55% fuel. A little frightening. It is designed to carry fewer people farther than the 747.