Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)

Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight) (397,000 kg)

/fact/mass-of-a-boeing-747-400-airliner-max-takeoff-weight

Link

If Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight) (397,000 kg) was a standard unit ...

  • Mass of Golden Gate bridge (805 million kg)...more would be 2000 x Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)
  • Mass of the Statue of Liberty (201,400 kg)...more would be 1/2 of Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)
  • Mass of Angel of the North sculpture in Gateshead, UK (200,000 kg)...more would be 1/2 of Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)
  • Mass of an adult male Asian Elephant (4,000 kg)...more would be 1/100 of Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)
  • Mass of an adult male Walrus (2,000 kg)...more would be 1/200 of Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)
  • Mass of an adult female White Shark (1,950 kg)...more would be 1/200 of Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)
  • Mass of Cessna 172 aircraft (998 kg)...more would be 1/400 of Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)
  • Mass of a small passenger car (800 kg)...more would be 1/500 of Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)
  • Mass of an adult male Polar Bear (800 kg)...more would be 1/500 of Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)
  • Mass of a motorbike (200 kg)...more would be 1/2000 of Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)
  • Mass of the heaviest allowable Curling stone (20 kg)...more would be 1/20000 of Mass of a Boeing 747-400 airliner (max takeoff weight)

Read all about it!

Is That a Big Number? - the book - is now available from all good booksellers.

"This is a fun and riveting book. Written in an accessible and engaging way, it is unputdownable." Frost Magazine

Click here to learn more about it.

Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.

http://itabn.tumblr.com/post/138631317782/this-website