Caswell64 t1_izck4jz wrote on December 8, 2022 at 2:38 AM Reply to comment by Dysentery--Gary in End of an era as final Boeing 747 rolls off assembly line by maxxspeed 777 and 787. Neither are quite as large capacity as the 747, but using two jet engines (which the 777 and 787 do) rather than the 747’s four engines means the fuel savings are huge. Permalink Parent 13
Caswell64 t1_izck4jz wrote
Reply to comment by Dysentery--Gary in End of an era as final Boeing 747 rolls off assembly line by maxxspeed
777 and 787. Neither are quite as large capacity as the 747, but using two jet engines (which the 777 and 787 do) rather than the 747’s four engines means the fuel savings are huge.