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From: mag@whuxle.UUCP (Gray Mike)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Star Wars again - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 30-Aug-84 09:20:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 30 09:20:02 1984
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/***** ea:net.followup / tekig!garey /  8:31 am  Aug 21, 1984 */
A 727 has a lifetime of 20-40 million hours of service. A missile has
only a few minutes of life. The 727 employ a crew of at least three, and
offers the service of transportation to passengers/cargo.
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20 million hours of service would take ~2283  *years* to rack up,
if the plane is flown 24 hours a day.  In general, planes seldom
rack up more than 30,000 flying hours before their allowable cabin
load is reduced, which makes them less cost-effective.  Very few
planes ever hit 100,000 hours.

				Mike Gray, BTL, WH