747 Final Flyaway

werba · Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:01 pm

I received the following message from Boeing, claiming the final 747 will fly away today. It will be live streamed at:

https://vimeo.com/event/2815427

I was not aware that the final Queen would be ready this quick.

werba · Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:03 pm

AS listed on the Boeing website:
https://www.boeing.com/commercial/747/? ... ngs-boeing

9Patch · Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:34 pm

Boeing bids farewell to an icon, delivers last 747 jumbo jet

“Nobody wants a four-engine airliner anymore, but that doesn’t erase the tremendous contribution the aircraft made to the development of the industry or its remarkable legacy.”

https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/jan ... jumbo-jet/

PC12Fan · Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:01 pm

It's up now.

PC12Fan · Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:02 pm

Not getting sound though, anyone else?

Disregard, had to jump through a couple hoops.

NIKV69 · Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:50 pm

Watching it now. So incredible. I also have the 747 production list on another tab. Sad when you see the frames that were written off like Clipper Victor and Maid of the Seas.

ikolkyo · Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:16 pm

Sad day, such an icon.

Avatar2go · Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:20 pm

Pretty good review of the 747 history and legacy. Nice to see the people from the 80's forward be recognized.

Western727 · Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:22 pm

Tears welled up. Great program. I have only one complaint: early on in the pre-produced video they played towards the end there was a young boy looking excitedly at an aircraft outside the gate. While the aircraft was blurred, it was clearly a...320. Lol. :eek:

Did anyone see that planned flight plan drawing the numbers 747 with a crown above it? That will be WICKED cool.

PC12Fan · Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:22 pm

Not a bad ceremony, glad I watched.

I honestly was under the impression that she would fly out today. I'll try to catch the last Boeing goodbye wave tomorrow, and to see that flight plan completed. That's pretty cool.

Farewell for now, Queen of the Skies.

JannEejit · Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:23 pm

Interesting audience shot during the Dave Calhoun speech towards the end. :rotfl:

Spetsnaz55 · Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:24 pm

John Travolta was a great surprise

Boeing757100 · Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:25 pm

It's amazing... The 747 was the first plane that I was able to distinguish from the others as a little kid, and that 6 year old kid (me), 10 years later, is going to start PPL training. Fitting that I am going to have my first take-off just as the final queen has her final takeoff off the production line.

Hope for the queen to be in the skies for as long as she can. Thanks all for the memories!

NWAROOSTER · Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:28 pm

Joe Sutter engineered and had a prototype built in a little over two years along with the help of more engineers and the like. They basically did this without the use of computers.
It was built from about 1968 until the last one was completed and flown away from Boeitng's Renton airport in late January, 2023.
Great job except for a few early bumps especially with the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A power plants. :old:

BoeingGuy · Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:57 pm

If it’s still outside the factory I’ll try to get a photo when I drive home from work and post it. It was sitting there this morning when I drove in.

AirKevin · Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:51 am

NWAROOSTER wrote:
Joe Sutter engineered and had a prototype built in a little over two years along with the help of more engineers and the like. They basically did this without the use of computers.
It was built from about 1968 until the last one was completed and flown away from Boeitng's Renton airport in late January, 2023.

Except that it was built in Everett, not Renton. As far as I know, only one 747 ever flew to Renton for interior refurbishing after completing its test flights, and it landed short of the runway.

Spetsnaz55 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:11 am

And one of the aviation dude that everyone heard off

Wait not him. This one

Hamlet69 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 3:38 am

NWAROOSTER wrote:
Joe Sutter engineered and had a prototype built in a little over two years along with the help of more engineers and the like. They basically did this without the use of computers.
It was built from about 1968 until the last one was completed and flown away from Boeitng's Renton airport in late January, 2023.
Great job except for a few early bumps especially with the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A power plants.

I'll forgive you for mistaking Renton with Everett. :lol:

I pointedly try not to post personal info on here, but now that this day has arrived I have to say - my dad was one of those 'Incredibles.' Not an engineer, but a Machinist who helped build the first 747. He can still remember the days of building that first aircraft, as the building itself was literally assembled around them, while they in turn assembled one of the most iconic aircraft ever built. While there was a roof, there were areas of the plant that still did not have walls! :cold:

As a young man fresh out of the Air Force, fresh to the great Pacific Northwest, it was truly a life-changing opportunity and experience. As I sit here today and think of what this airplane means and represents, it's not Joe Sutter who I think of, as much as a fan of his as I am. Nor is it the John Travolta's of the world. It is the thousands of men and women like my dad. The Incredibles who will never have their names in print, who will never seek nor receive recognition for simply doing a job well done. But who together helped literally change the world. Thank you, Dad, and all the thousands of other Incredibles out there, for this amazing aircraft.

BTW - my father also went on to help build the first 767, and then the first 777. To this day I still ask him what his favorite is, because for 30+ years it has always surprised me, and I always think he'll eventually say the 747. But no. It's the 767! :hearts:

Hamlet69

NWAROOSTER · Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:47 am

Hamlet69 wrote:
NWAROOSTER wrote:
Joe Sutter engineered and had a prototype built in a little over two years along with the help of more engineers and the like. They basically did this without the use of computers.
It was built from about 1968 until the last one was completed and flown away from Boeitng's Renton airport in late January, 2023.
Great job except for a few early bumps especially with the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A power plants.

I'll forgive you for mistaking Renton with Everett.

I pointedly try not to post personal info on here, but now that this day has arrived I have to say - my dad was one of those 'Incredibles.' Not an engineer, but a Machinist who helped build the first 747. He can still remember the days of building that first aircraft, as the building itself was literally assembled around them, while they in turn assembled one of the most iconic aircraft ever built. While there was a roof, there were areas of the plant that still did not have walls! As a young man fresh out of the Air Force, fresh to the great Pacific Northwest, it was truly a life-changing opportunity and experience. As I sit here today and think of what this airplane means and represents, it's not Joe Sutter who I think of, as much as a fan of his as I am. Nor is it the John Travolta's of the world. It is the thousands of men and women like my dad. The Incredibles who will never have their names in print, who will never seek nor receive recognition for simply doing a job well done. But who together helped literally change the world. Thank you, Dad, and all the thousands of other Incredibles out there, for this amazing aircraft.

BTW - my father also went on to help build the first 767, and then the first 777. To this day I still ask him what his favorite is, because for 30+ years it has always surprised me, and I always think he'll eventually say the 747. But no. It's the 767!

Hamlet69

Thanks for the message and I am glad that your father is one of the unnamed incredies and wish your father the best. He worked on an iconic aircraft that will never really be replaced. :old:

tistpaa727 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:54 am

Hamlet69 wrote:

I pointedly try not to post personal info on here, but now that this day has arrived I have to say - my dad was one of those 'Incredibles.' Not an engineer, but a Machinist who helped build the first 747. He can still remember the days of building that first aircraft, as the building itself was literally assembled around them, while they in turn assembled one of the most iconic aircraft ever built. While there was a roof, there were areas of the plant that still did not have walls! As a young man fresh out of the Air Force, fresh to the great Pacific Northwest, it was truly a life-changing opportunity and experience. As I sit here today and think of what this airplane means and represents, it's not Joe Sutter who I think of, as much as a fan of his as I am. Nor is it the John Travolta's of the world. It is the thousands of men and women like my dad. The Incredibles who will never have their names in print, who will never seek nor receive recognition for simply doing a job well done. But who together helped literally change the world. Thank you, Dad, and all the thousands of other Incredibles out there, for this amazing aircraft.

BTW - my father also went on to help build the first 767, and then the first 777. To this day I still ask him what his favorite is, because for 30+ years it has always surprised me, and I always think he'll eventually say the 747. But no. It's the 767!

Hamlet69

Thanks for sharing! A great story and many thanks to your dad and the rest of the Incredibles for their contribution to aviation.

Here is a virtual upvote!

Boeing757100 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:22 pm

Hamlet69 wrote:
NWAROOSTER wrote:
Joe Sutter engineered and had a prototype built in a little over two years along with the help of more engineers and the like. They basically did this without the use of computers.
It was built from about 1968 until the last one was completed and flown away from Boeitng's Renton airport in late January, 2023.
Great job except for a few early bumps especially with the Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A power plants.

I'll forgive you for mistaking Renton with Everett.

I pointedly try not to post personal info on here, but now that this day has arrived I have to say - my dad was one of those 'Incredibles.' Not an engineer, but a Machinist who helped build the first 747. He can still remember the days of building that first aircraft, as the building itself was literally assembled around them, while they in turn assembled one of the most iconic aircraft ever built. While there was a roof, there were areas of the plant that still did not have walls! As a young man fresh out of the Air Force, fresh to the great Pacific Northwest, it was truly a life-changing opportunity and experience. As I sit here today and think of what this airplane means and represents, it's not Joe Sutter who I think of, as much as a fan of his as I am. Nor is it the John Travolta's of the world. It is the thousands of men and women like my dad. The Incredibles who will never have their names in print, who will never seek nor receive recognition for simply doing a job well done. But who together helped literally change the world. Thank you, Dad, and all the thousands of other Incredibles out there, for this amazing aircraft.

BTW - my father also went on to help build the first 767, and then the first 777. To this day I still ask him what his favorite is, because for 30+ years it has always surprised me, and I always think he'll eventually say the 747. But no. It's the 767!

Hamlet69

Thanks to your father for contributing to the possibly most legendary aircraft in aviation history. Massive respect

Boeing757100 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:25 pm

By the way, does anyone know what time N863GT will depart? Hopefully I can track her on FR24 or flightaware

AV8AJET · Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:16 pm

Boeing757100 wrote:
By the way, does anyone know what time N863GT will depart? Hopefully I can track her on FR24 or flightaware

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI ... /KPAE/KCVG

Ziyulu · Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:34 pm

Please tell me something that is better for the airlines on a 747 as compared to the boring 777s and 787s. I just cannot believe the time has come so quick. I remember being at NRT and LHR and seeing rows of them.

Ziyulu · Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:34 pm

Please tell me something that is better for the airlines on a 747 as compared to the boring 777s and 787s. I just cannot believe the time has come so quick. I remember being at NRT and LHR and seeing rows of them.

LAXdenizen · Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:08 pm

Ziyulu wrote:
Please tell me something that is better for the airlines on a 747 as compared to the boring 777s and 787s. I just cannot believe the time has come so quick. I remember being at NRT and LHR and seeing rows of them.

It’s tough to get inspired by rows of twins at the gates. I feel the loss every time I’m at the terminal.

I live near LAX and get plenty of 744, 748, MD-10 & 11 action overhead so I’m fortunate not to have to say goodbye yet.

BahamaTodd · Wed Feb 01, 2023 3:40 pm

AV8AJET wrote:
Boeing757100 wrote:
By the way, does anyone know what time N863GT will depart? Hopefully I can track her on FR24 or flightaware

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI ... /KPAE/KCVG

Check out the flight plan

Iemand91 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:09 pm

There she goes: https://www.flightradar24.com/GTI747/2f0b1162

AllNippon767 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:34 pm

She just crossed paths with another 747-8F as she was climbing out of PAE, Korean Air Cargo HL7623 going into SEA. So sad to see it climb out of PAE for the last time, however that KAL was a reminder that these beauties will still be around for the next few decades!

Boeing757100 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:48 pm

ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!

SBAer · Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:56 pm

Metchalus · Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:10 pm

LAXdenizen wrote:
Ziyulu wrote:
Please tell me something that is better for the airlines on a 747 as compared to the boring 777s and 787s. I just cannot believe the time has come so quick. I remember being at NRT and LHR and seeing rows of them.

It’s tough to get inspired by rows of twins at the gates. I feel the loss every time I’m at the terminal.

I live near LAX and get plenty of 744, 748, MD-10 & 11 action overhead so I’m fortunate not to have to say goodbye yet.

LHR is a very different place without BA and VS fleets. Have to admit it was weird seeing them beside 777Ws and A350s, The 747 never looked old fashioned or outdated, it's just that as a jumbo jet it wasn't that much bigger than the other aircraft. It's niche at least as a passenger hauler didn't really exist anymore.

I miss them though. Probably always will.

Long Live The Queen

Ziyulu · Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:10 pm

Which came first? The 747 or 737?

AllNippon767 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:21 pm

Metchalus wrote:

LHR is a very different place without BA and VS fleets. Have to admit it was weird seeing them beside 777Ws and A350s, The 747 never looked old fashioned or outdated, it's just that as a jumbo jet it wasn't that much bigger than the other aircraft. It's niche at least as a passenger hauler didn't really exist anymore.

I miss them though. Probably always will.

Long Live The Queen

Absolutely.

As an LHR local myself it really hasn't been the same since the BA ones have been gone. I go nuts every time I see the odd rare Silkway 744 with RB211s due in. Hearing that signature whistle of the RRs on the 744 is a sound I've sorely missed but treasure dearly. It says a lot about the 'feel' of spotting too, I've had zero motivation to go and spot at LHR anymore with the jumbos gone but the only thing tempting me to go back is capturing the 747s that I'm happy we still get - the odd cargo birds in every now and then. Last night the JetOneX 744 came in, lower than usual over central London with gear all down and everything .. the sound was absolutely immense with the CF6s screaming. Absolutely nothing else can do that for us at LHR anymore.

Long Live The Queen indeed!

AllNippon767 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:22 pm

Ziyulu wrote:
Which came first? The 747 or 737?

737 by a year or two

travelspot747 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:35 pm

Some good videos of the take off and fly by are already up.

Take off: https://youtu.be/sdlZvm6w79A

Fly by: https://youtu.be/HibhYYLx83M

Metchalus · Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:08 pm

AllNippon767 wrote:
Metchalus wrote:

LHR is a very different place without BA and VS fleets. Have to admit it was weird seeing them beside 777Ws and A350s, The 747 never looked old fashioned or outdated, it's just that as a jumbo jet it wasn't that much bigger than the other aircraft. It's niche at least as a passenger hauler didn't really exist anymore.

I miss them though. Probably always will.

Long Live The Queen

Absolutely.

As an LHR local myself it really hasn't been the same since the BA ones have been gone. I go nuts every time I see the odd rare Silkway 744 with RB211s due in. Hearing that signature whistle of the RRs on the 744 is a sound I've sorely missed but treasure dearly. It says a lot about the 'feel' of spotting too, I've had zero motivation to go and spot at LHR anymore with the jumbos gone but the only thing tempting me to go back is capturing the 747s that I'm happy we still get - the odd cargo birds in every now and then. Last night the JetOneX 744 came in, lower than usual over central London with gear all down and everything .. the sound was absolutely immense with the CF6s screaming. Absolutely nothing else can do that for us at LHR anymore.

Long Live The Queen indeed!

I know the feeling plane spotting at LHR is really rather boring. It's not just the 747s, I miss VS A340s, the ocassional Fokker 70.

At least the the A380 will be around for some time yet and the US carriersas well as Icelandair still bring in 757s and 767s and But with no NMA their replacements are probably going to be more dreamliners and 321s. Brilliant aircraft but they make for tedious viewing compared to an all new type.

BA 747s and Myrtle Avenue are made for eachother. The residents probably don't feel the same way but everyone took pictures of them when they came in. 777s and A350s don't get quite the same reaction.

JannEejit · Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:47 pm

Metchalus wrote:
AllNippon767 wrote:
Metchalus wrote:

LHR is a very different place without BA and VS fleets. Have to admit it was weird seeing them beside 777Ws and A350s, The 747 never looked old fashioned or outdated, it's just that as a jumbo jet it wasn't that much bigger than the other aircraft. It's niche at least as a passenger hauler didn't really exist anymore.

I miss them though. Probably always will.

Long Live The Queen

Absolutely.

As an LHR local myself it really hasn't been the same since the BA ones have been gone. I go nuts every time I see the odd rare Silkway 744 with RB211s due in. Hearing that signature whistle of the RRs on the 744 is a sound I've sorely missed but treasure dearly. It says a lot about the 'feel' of spotting too, I've had zero motivation to go and spot at LHR anymore with the jumbos gone but the only thing tempting me to go back is capturing the 747s that I'm happy we still get - the odd cargo birds in every now and then. Last night the JetOneX 744 came in, lower than usual over central London with gear all down and everything .. the sound was absolutely immense with the CF6s screaming. Absolutely nothing else can do that for us at LHR anymore.

Long Live The Queen indeed!

I know the feeling plane spotting at LHR is really rather boring. It's not just the 747s, I miss VS A340s, the ocassional Fokker 70.

At least the the A380 will be around for some time yet and the US carriersas well as Icelandair still bring in 757s and 767s and But with no NMA their replacements are probably going to be more dreamliners and 321s. Brilliant aircraft but they make for tedious viewing compared to an all new type.

BA 747s and Myrtle Avenue are made for eachother. The residents probably don't feel the same way but everyone took pictures of them when they came in. 777s and A350s don't get quite the same reaction.

I have to agree, and not just for the lack of 747 activity. Right across the board, the feeling of 'blah' is ever increasing. I watch those LHR and LAX live streams from time to time and I'm constantly amazed at LAX, how many American A321's or Spirit A320's dominate the landscape. Even the Tom Bradley Terminal heavy line up is increasingly 777/787/A350/A380 nowadays, with occasional interruption from the Lufthansa and Korean 747 types. Stick on a retro LAX YouTube clip from the 80's or 90's and it's a whole different world.

Breathe · Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:48 pm

travelspot747 wrote:
Some good videos of the take off and fly by are already up.

Take off: https://youtu.be/sdlZvm6w79A

Fly by: https://youtu.be/HibhYYLx83M

Thanks for sharing these links. The sunset take off was perfect to reflect the sun setting on the production of the 747.

Truly an iconic plane, which thankfully will still be in the skies for decades to come.

AirKevin · Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:10 pm

Breathe wrote:
travelspot747 wrote:
Some good videos of the take off and fly by are already up.

Take off: https://youtu.be/sdlZvm6w79A

Fly by: https://youtu.be/HibhYYLx83M

Thanks for sharing these links. The sunset take off was perfect to reflect the sun setting on the production of the 747.

Truly an iconic plane, which thankfully will still be in the skies for decades to come.

Except it was a sunrise. Departure was off of 16R.

MrBretz · Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:30 pm

All this makes me recall my first 747 flight. I was a teenager heading from LAX to JFK for a family wedding. I believe the year was 1970. It was in mid to late summer. I had been on 727/737s on short flights along the west coast before. As I got near the departure gate, there was a small ceremony by airline personnel. In retrospect, I figured it was because this was AA’s inaugural flight on a 747. I was surprised when I got on the plane and saw it’s size. I recall taxing out to the then longer north runway for takeoff. We towered over all the other aircraft. It was a totally uneventful flight but a great memory.

JannEejit · Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:35 pm

The 'signature' is complete and she's setting course for CVG.

Boeing757100 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:42 pm

Masterful… I have finally found a new Lock Screen for my iPhone.

DocLightning · Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:57 pm

"After I retired from Boeing, I traveled to Asia many times as a company consultant to visit with friends and associates at airlines in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, mainland China, and elsewhere in the Pacific rim. Aviation's a relatively small community, so personal relationships mean a lot, particularly in Asia.

"My return travels generally took me through Tokyo's Narita International Airport. I would arrive there in the late afternoon and sit around for a couple of hours until my flight to Seattle was finally announced. That waiting area faces one of Narita's runways. Tired of reading, I would begin watching the airport activity and notice 707s at almost every terminal gate I could see. They wore the colors of many airlines and clustered as thickly as single-aisle 737s do at U.S. airports.

"At that time of day, a constant stream of jets was flying in from many of the world's regions. I saw familiar tail emblems as one 747 after another landed. Once in a great while there would be a trijet or a twin-engine widebody, but the 747 predominated by a huge margin.

"From the mid-1990s through the next 15 years or so, 747-watching became a regular part of my travels and something I looked forward to on my way home. As this scene repeated itself before my eyes one day, I for some reason started counting those 747s. I saw a total of 55 in the two hours before my flight was called.

"Walking down the jetway, I did some quick mental arithmetic. Assuming a 75% load factor for those 55 757s (that is, imagining that they were on average three-quarters full), I had just witnessed upwards of 20,000 people arriving in Japan within a span of two hours. All of them had been delivered by Boeing 747s.

"The last time I did this, I had the strongest feeling that the guys who helped me design the 747 were standing right there with me. So many members of our team are gone, now, of course, but I found myself wishing we could all have a reception at Narita. There would be no need for entertainment -- just standing there seeing those 747s touch down, one after another, would have been enough.

"It would have shown them how we changed the world."

-Joe Sutter, 747

Boeing757100 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:04 pm

ANC is probably going to be the new NRT in terms of seeing 747s, so many Asian and American cargo airlines flying them through there. Of course it won’t be the same as spotting a plethora of passenger carrying 747s.

Metchalus · Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:04 pm

Breathe wrote:
travelspot747 wrote:
Some good videos of the take off and fly by are already up.

Take off: https://youtu.be/sdlZvm6w79A

Fly by: https://youtu.be/HibhYYLx83M

Thanks for sharing these links. The sunset take off was perfect to reflect the sun setting on the production of the 747.

Truly an iconic plane, which thankfully will still be in the skies for decades to come.

Absoulutely beautiful. Also that's a lot of 777-9s.

Metchalus · Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:14 pm

JannEejit wrote:
Metchalus wrote:
AllNippon767 wrote:

Absolutely.

As an LHR local myself it really hasn't been the same since the BA ones have been gone. I go nuts every time I see the odd rare Silkway 744 with RB211s due in. Hearing that signature whistle of the RRs on the 744 is a sound I've sorely missed but treasure dearly. It says a lot about the 'feel' of spotting too, I've had zero motivation to go and spot at LHR anymore with the jumbos gone but the only thing tempting me to go back is capturing the 747s that I'm happy we still get - the odd cargo birds in every now and then. Last night the JetOneX 744 came in, lower than usual over central London with gear all down and everything .. the sound was absolutely immense with the CF6s screaming. Absolutely nothing else can do that for us at LHR anymore.

Long Live The Queen indeed!

I know the feeling plane spotting at LHR is really rather boring. It's not just the 747s, I miss VS A340s, the ocassional Fokker 70.

At least the the A380 will be around for some time yet and the US carriersas well as Icelandair still bring in 757s and 767s and But with no NMA their replacements are probably going to be more dreamliners and 321s. Brilliant aircraft but they make for tedious viewing compared to an all new type.

BA 747s and Myrtle Avenue are made for eachother. The residents probably don't feel the same way but everyone took pictures of them when they came in. 777s and A350s don't get quite the same reaction.

I have to agree, and not just for the lack of 747 activity. Right across the board, the feeling of 'blah' is ever increasing. I watch those LHR and LAX live streams from time to time and I'm constantly amazed at LAX, how many American A321's or Spirit A320's dominate the landscape. Even the Tom Bradley Terminal heavy line up is increasingly 777/787/A350/A380 nowadays, with occasional interruption from the Lufthansa and Korean 747 types. Stick on a retro LAX YouTube clip from the 80's or 90's and it's a whole different world.

I think this is mostly down to manufacturers having found the optimum configuration for now. Low wings with two engines, hopefully the TBW and Energia will change that somewhat but an OEM who could take on Airbus and Boeing would be great.
Bombardier sortoff tried and very much failed to do so. Embraer should keep doing what their doing and maybe one day they can make something bigger.

Comac seem to have little interest in being certified by the EASA and FAA and Russian aviation is pretty much dead in the west.

surfpunk · Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:30 pm

That would have been fun to be onboard during those turns.

martlet76 · Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:35 pm

ikolkyo wrote:
Sad day, such an icon.

I don't see it as a sad day. It is a day of a well deserved tribute to a fantastic aircraft. It should be a celebration.

(Hey. ... I live in Toulouse !!)

Breathe · Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:09 pm

AirKevin wrote:
Breathe wrote:
travelspot747 wrote:
Some good videos of the take off and fly by are already up.

Take off: https://youtu.be/sdlZvm6w79A

Fly by: https://youtu.be/HibhYYLx83M

Thanks for sharing these links. The sunset take off was perfect to reflect the sun setting on the production of the 747.

Truly an iconic plane, which thankfully will still be in the skies for decades to come.

Except it was a sunrise. Departure was off of 16R.

Forgive me, I'm on the other side of the pond and briefly forgot about the time difference! :lol:

Still it looked nice.

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