I couldn't sleep last night so n betwen iron chef episodes I was looking up fuel consumption rates of different aircraft. I fly myself (It's been a while) a Cessna 152, and I think it burns 7ish gallons per hour. One of the largest shockers was that the Boeing 707 consumed 40 gallons per minute per engine x4 engines, so 160 gallons per minute. WEhere as the 777 ony consumes 14.4 gallons per minute x2 for a total of 28.8 gallons per minute. The first tidbit may be a bit high, but wow just wow, a fleet of 707's in todays market would bankrupt just about any company in fuel costs alone. I found out for you msth guru's that the DC-8-61 with the turbo jet consumed 3000-3500 pounds per hour and the -71 with the turbo fan consumed 2500-2800 punds per hour per engine of jet fuel.
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