Shipping, Travelling, and Sight Seeing
- Planes get used for multiple purposes now that they have a standard design. When you buy something on the internet, how do you think it gets to your house? Well, if it is from across the country or in another country, it gets to your house from a plane, then to a delivery truck. Planes are used to send items, or materials across the country or the world.
- Aside from shipping, they are also used for travel. What takes 47 hours in a car, takes 4 hours and 40 minutes in a plane. These planes reach speeds up to 570 MPH (920 KPH). They can carry up to 600 people depending on the size of the plane. Now, planes can be one big class - Economy, two classes - Business and Economy, or three classes - first class, Business Class, and Economy Class.
- An averaging Boeing plane's empty weight is about 400,000 pounds. Loaded up for takeoff, the maximum the plane weighs about 850,000 pounds. These planes have a 50,000 U.S. Gallon tank. The normal size tanker truck holds 9,000 U.S. gallons. The plane would take about 4.5 trucks to fill up! The fuel economy is 0.20 miles per gallon.
- People also use small planes to sightsee. People can have their own propeller plane and just leave it at the town airport. They fly at their own costs and they pilot themselves. These planes are 2-4 seats and they can't fly as high as the industrial grade planes because they don't have pressurized cabins.
- Aside from shipping, they are also used for travel. What takes 47 hours in a car, takes 4 hours and 40 minutes in a plane. These planes reach speeds up to 570 MPH (920 KPH). They can carry up to 600 people depending on the size of the plane. Now, planes can be one big class - Economy, two classes - Business and Economy, or three classes - first class, Business Class, and Economy Class.
- An averaging Boeing plane's empty weight is about 400,000 pounds. Loaded up for takeoff, the maximum the plane weighs about 850,000 pounds. These planes have a 50,000 U.S. Gallon tank. The normal size tanker truck holds 9,000 U.S. gallons. The plane would take about 4.5 trucks to fill up! The fuel economy is 0.20 miles per gallon.
- People also use small planes to sightsee. People can have their own propeller plane and just leave it at the town airport. They fly at their own costs and they pilot themselves. These planes are 2-4 seats and they can't fly as high as the industrial grade planes because they don't have pressurized cabins.