Oh, we call them Jumbos too. But they don't have anywhere near the
wingspan of the Spruce Goose (about 97 meters for the Goose, if I
remember correctly), so I'd say a Jumbo could be built out of wood. And
the Goose would have been an effective aircraft for it's time, if not so
grossly underpowered.
> Ulrike Wegst wrote:
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> A Jumbo Jet is a Boeing 747 --- maybe only in Germany, where we call
> mobile telephones "handy"?
>
> James R. Cunningham schrieb:
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> >> Ulrike Wegst wrote:
> >>
> >> There are limits to their performance: a wooden Jumbo cannot be
> >> built,
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