Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mgweed.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!we13!mgweed!rjk From: rjk@mgweed.UUCP (Randy King) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Airplanes gain weight Message-ID: <7165@mgweed.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Feb-84 13:47:55 EST Article-I.D.: mgweed.7165 Posted: Sat Feb 18 13:47:55 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 05:41:22 EST References: <202@heurikon.UUCP> <560@pyuxa.UUCP> <908@ihuxl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Consumer Products - Montgomery Illinois Lines: 12 I'm not sure whether I believe 2Klbs or not, but perhaps someone could expound on the weight of the various crap that comes out of those scummy weeds. How about when IBM/360 disks would consistently crash when exposed to cigarette smoke particles? As far as airplane weight, it is monitored very carefully. On smaller craft, it may not be the size of your checkbook that limits the purchase of new avionics, but where it would put you in the loading envelope. D. A. is right, though. There is one helluva lot of surface area in those 747's. Not to mention the fact that cloth probably holds 10-20 times the weight as does vinyl and other non-porous surfaces. I sometimes think that I'm gaining weight just from breathing that scummy crap all day long. Randy King