Average Starting Salaries. According to salary surveys conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), mechanical engineering graduates with a master's degree earned an average starting salary of $66,158 in 2009 and $69,954 in 2010. This average starting salary rose to $74,300 in 2011.
A plane like a Boeing 747 uses approximately 1 gallon of fuel (about 4 liters) every second. Over the course of a 10-hour flight, it might burn 36,000 gallons (150,000 liters). According to Boeing's Web site, the 747 burns approximately 5 gallons of fuel per mile (12 liters per kilometer). This sounds like a tremendously poor miles-per-gallon rating! But consider that a 747 can carry as many as 568 people.
Let's use the Cessna 152 as basis for the computation. The Cessna 152 has a useable fuel capacity of 142 liters (37.5 gallons) and a total fuel capacity of 147 liters (38.8 gallons.) The average cost of aviation fuel is around $5.50 per gallon.Multiply the useable fuel capacity of 37.5 gallons to the price of $5.50 and you get $206.25.he average fuel consumption of the Cessna 152 is 25 liters per hour, or around 7 gallons per hour at an average cruising speed of 110 MPH. The fuel cost of $206.25 wil give you a range of 589.28 miles (37.5 gallons divided by 7 then multiplied by 110 MPH.) Not bad for a small aircraft. slide 3 of 4.