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Old 08-05-2004, 02:25 PM   #16 (permalink)
shakran
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yeah, don't stand behind a Boeing either

if you want proof of how powerful the engines on a 747 are, stand behind a Cessna when it starts to taxi. Now extrapolate the comparitivlely puny power of the Cessna, which just forced you to turn around and take a step to keep your balance, compared to the power of 4 747 engines, which can have nearly 60,000 pounds of thrust EACH, and picture what will happen.

I once saw a (fortunately empty) baggage train get shot across the tarmac by a 737 engine. Wouldn't wanna be behind a 747
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