How much nose up is normal pitch in flight? Do the fuselages of 747's and A340's have a favorable enough lift/drag ratio to justify nose up in cruise? Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html From: "Mark Greenwood" <mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:36 AM In theory they are supposed to be angled to compensate for the pitch of the aircraft in flight creating a truly flat bed. Mark -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Grant McKenzie Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 3:39 PM At 01:35 AM 19/10/03, you wrote: <snip> >Also interesting is that as far as I know, only BA have fully flat beds >in Business, does anyone know of any other carriers that have flat beds >in business? Do they actually claim they are fully flat? I slept on one a couple of months ago flying from NRT to LHR and it seemed to me like it was tilted at a slight angle. I tried the QF one out last week and it was the same. Grant SYD QF