[TheList] Air NZ Boeing 777 off topic

Wed Feb 9 20:29:25 AEDT 2011

Actually I did the research and if u read the newspaper articles you 
will find it was not a 200 but a 300er which like I said is the biggest  
aircraft to land in wellington so sorry to say your info is actually wrong


On 09-Feb-11 10:00 PM, Neill Ellis wrote:
> I understand the 747SP-38's operated by QANTAS briefly (81-84) in & 
> out of Wellington were only 56.3m long but had a MTOW of 304 tonne, 
> but the United 747-100 that did the fuel emergency landing in 81 was 
> 70.6m long with a MTOW of 333 tonne, the new Air NZ 777-200ER (or 772) 
> is 60.9m long and has a MTOW of 297 tonne.
>
> Do some research, it's probably readily available info. Clearly the 
> United 747-100 is a lot larger than the 777-200ER (or 772).
>
> Where did you get the 73.9m for a 777 from?
>
> Regards,
>
> Neill.
>
>
> On 9/02/2011 8:48 p.m., kiwi56 wrote:
>> No the 747 is actually not as big as the 777
>> The 747 is only 70.6m in length but the 777 is actually 73.9 m in 
>> length.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09-Feb-11 8:34 PM, Neill Ellis wrote:
>>> I would have thought the 747 that landed at Wellington in 1991 on 
>>> Fuel emergency would have been the largest. It had come from the 
>>> states towards Auckland that was closed by fog.
>>>
>>> Regards, Neill :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/02/2011 12:31 a.m., Scott Palmer wrote:
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpsOwn9v6nM
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottjpalmer/sets/72157626007491026/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09 Feb, 2011,at 09:46 AM, kiwi56 <kiwi56 at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If anyone is interested Air NZ are landing their 777 at Wellington
>>>>> International this morning at approx 10.45am and it will depart at
>>>>> 3.30pm approx.
>>>>> This is the largest aircraft that will have landed at Wellington.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kiwi56
>>>>>
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