Inhoudsopgave
Hoe oud is de Boeing 737 800?
De Boeing 737 is een tweemotorig narrow-body passagiersvliegtuig, dat sinds 1967 door Boeing wordt vervaardigd. Met meer dan 10.000 gebouwde toestellen is het het bestverkochte verkeersvliegtuig.
Wat weegt een 737 800?
De wide body vliegtuigen, zoals de Boeing 747 (183.520 kg) en Airbus A330 (120.000 kg), zijn zwaarder dan de narrow body vliegtuigen Boeing 737 (41.413 kg), Airbus A320 42.400 kg) en Embraer 175 (21.890 kg). Ook hebben vliegtuigen een maximaal gewicht om te kunnen opstijgen.
What is the Sea Venture?
She was the 300 ton purpose-built flagship of the London Company and a highly unusual vessel for her day, given that she was the first single timbered merchantman built in England, and also the first dedicated emigration ship. Sea Venture ‘ s wreck is widely thought to have been the inspiration for William Shakespeare ’s play The Tempest .
What is the significance of the Sea Venture in Bermuda?
For the novel by Damon Knight, see CV (Knight novel). The coat of arms of Bermuda features a representation of the Sea Venture wreck. Sea Venture was a seventeenth-century English sailing ship, part of the Third Supply mission to the Jamestown Colony, that was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609.
How did we find the Sea Venture wreck?
How Did We Find The Sea Venture? Apparently the wreck’s location was well known in the early days of the colony. The ship sat above the water for some time, and after it was tripped of useful parts sank to the sea. In 1612, two guns from the Sea Venture were brought to shore and used in one of Bermuda’s first fortifications.
Why were the British interested in the Sea Venture?
At this time, the British were interested in expanding their empire abroad, but the colonies they set up in what is now the United States would later secede from Britain. The Sea Venture was purpose built to carry people, with a hold furnished for passengers. It was wooden hulled, and the ship was armed.