Re:Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight
by usrusr on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @05:14PM
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Yeah, this can't be some prank by a renegade flight crew, it can only be a farewell celebration act with a much-off meeting, a budget and a dozen people who signed off. But I'm not criticising, by that measure we'd have to question any resource expenditure that exceeds the bare minimum for sustaining life.
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Re:Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight
by ant6n on Thursday February 02, 2023 @04:42AM
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Well this admittedly cool looking stunt represents more than 5 persons worth of annual sustainable co2 budget (estimated at 3T/year), so I‘d say it’s a smidgeon above the „bare minimum for sustaining life”.
Re:Easter egg in flight path of last 747 delivery flight
by usrusr on Thursday February 02, 2023 @05:29AM
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That's why you don't do stuff like this for each and every subvariant. This is a once in half a century occasion, it absolutely pales in comparison to the amount of fuel the type has burned for trade show visits, photo opportunities and numerous other nonessentials. Arguably there isn't a single use case for jet aviation that isn't far out of the range of sustainable co2 budget.