DidI read that right? It has to be refueled every two hours aloft?
That's what I saw...
Per the linked article:
Fuel consumption rate makes 15.9 tons per hour for a cruise flight.
When fully loaded, the aircraft can keep on flying without refueling for about 2 hours.]Fuel consumption rate makes 15.9 tons per hour for a cruise flight.
When fully loaded, the aircraft can keep on flying without refueling for about 2 hours.
31.8 tons of fuel for a 2 hour flight... yeah that sounds like one EXPENSIVE fuel bill
That thing is definitely one massive beast! Did you note that the thing is carrying spare tires in the cargo bay (just inside from the nose), and that the rearmost tires in one of the pics are polished off pretty good -I'd surmise that this would mainly be from turning while taxi-ing the aircraft, the rearmost tires will do the most skidding in a turn. Anyone with 2-3 axle trailer experience should be familiar with this.