From: Rmy.MERCIER.221o9m@spacebanter.com   
      
   Mike Lorrey Wrote:   
   > Rémy MERCIER wrote:   
   > bob_jenkins@burtleburtle.net Wrote:   
   > How come the commercial airlines use jet fuel rather than LOX/H2?  I   
   > would have thought LOX/H2 would be lighter and would give the planes   
   > a   
   > longer range.  Is petroleum just cheaper?   
   >   
   > Gas instead of kerosene was studied in the 1990s. In the future we'll   
   > see very large planes (kerosene will desapear 100 years before gas).   
   > Imagine a A380 with the first level full with gas. To build A380 was   
   > an   
   > intelligent move.   
   >   
   > If its such an intelligent move, why is it seeing such terrible sales?   
   > The Dreamliner is kicking its butt all over the sky.   
      
   If you want to buy a A380 you have to wait until 2011... because of the   
   169  already sold... If you want to buy a A350 you have to wait until   
   2010... The dreamliner takes advantage of this gap... but until 2010...   
   and this is not a big advantage because of list prices...   
   169 A380 plus 170 A350 is roughly equal to 500 dreamliner...   
      
      
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   Rémy MERCIER   
      
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