This information should be available on the Boeing website or other avaition-related websites. For a quick answer, I will related my experiences from 1970's. Boeing certified the B747-200 to operate with General Electric CF6-50 engines. During take-off power, each GE engine could produce 56,000 lbs of thrust per enginer: or 224,000 lbs for a few minutes. Now, the larger B747-400 a/c have more powerful engines. Currently each engine on a Boeing 747-400 can generate a maximum of about 63,300 lbs of thrust. Accordingly, since this aircraft has four engines it can produce total thrust of about 253,000 lbs.
An A380 is a double story aircraft but the B747 is double story only in the front of the plane. A380's are alot newer the B747's.
The B747 has 4 engines, carries more people further, faster and more often. The DC - 10 was a trijet engined aircraft mostly used between cities. So B747 is bigger
basically just coincidence
The capacity of jet engines is measured in thrust: B747-400 with 4 American Pratt & Whitney PW4000: 4x 441 kN = 1764 kN B747-400 with 4 BritishRolls-Royce RB211 4x 272kN = 1088 kN In strictly technical terms, the engines on a Boeing 747 do not deliver any actual horsepower. Horsepower is a unit of applied power and thrust is a measurement of force. The thrust numbers presented above appear correct for thrust of the engines.
b747-400 brand new from Boeing airplane company cost about $12.50 on special and $5.50 for just the plane without the engine.
Including service doors, passenger doors, and cockpit hatch 11 on standard configuration.
On the very rear of the fuselage of the B747 is a round exhaust for the Auxillary Power Unit(APU). Every large passenger aircraft has an APU that is used to provide electrical & hydraulic power to the aircraft while it is on the ground (or also in the air during an emergency). The APU is a small jet engine that runs off the same fuel as the jet engines that provide thrust to the aircraft. The Wikipedia link shows a view of the APU exhaust and a view of the engine. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_power_unit http://www.honeywell.com/sites/aero/Phoenix_Repair_Overhaul3_C5D5EB8A7-6730-18D1-F595-53107B90D5DA_HAF4748F3-42EF-F1E6-0E4B-B3C77023F099.htm
It depends on the distance of your route Short Haul: 737-800 Mideum Haul: A330-300 Long Haul: B747-400 Super Long Range: A380-800
a B747-400 is 231'10" long.
b747-200
De-icing an aircraft involves spraying the outside of the aircraft, especially the control surfaces, with hot air blowers, hot water and an alcohol-based fluid. The fluid is the most expensive component, costing about $15/litre. A medium-sized airliner will need between 200-300 litres of fluid or $3,000 - $4,500 to de-ice. If the weather is very extreme, it could take 1,000 litres ($15,000) to clear a large aircraft, like a B747.