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.
The initial 747-100/200 models hold 48,000 gallons of fuel and can fly 6,000 miles, so if the plane were to fly 85% of its range on a 5,000 mile flight, it would take about 41 â¦ ,000 gallons of fuel to top the tanks off afterwards at a cost of about $195,000.n the 747-400 model, it holds 57,000 gallons of fuel and can fly 8,000 miles, so if it were to fly 85% of its range on a 6,800 mile flight, it would take about 48,000 gallons to top the tanks off afterwards at a cost of about $230,000.