As I write this, there are 126 747-400s airborne and 41 747-8s, and a few old
ones.. There are also 1495 A320 aircraft flying.Source All Airborne Aircraft
(by aircraft type) with maps ✈ FlightAware
How many rockets are flying right now? The engine manufacturers have been
refining basically the same engines for over 50 years, and they are exquisitely
tuned for there task.
John
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On Thursday, March 8, 2018 5:43 PM, Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Thu, 8 Mar 2018, Edward Wranosky wrote:
Jet engines aren't reliable because they are simpler, they are
reliable because of the billions spent on developing them...
I'm guessing that is due to the sheer number of planes in operation and in
the sky. Just a look at Flight Aware and I wonder where we are getting all
the oil to fuel everything.
