Your Boeing 747 history

LGAviation · Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:14 pm

Probably a bit too young for it but

742 - early childhood - LH FRA-MIA-FRA
744 LH FRA-JFK, ORD-FRA, DXB-FRA/ TG FRA-BKK

conaly · Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:05 pm

In total seven flights, three on 744, four on 748, once on each in upper deck.

2011
British Airways B747-400 JFK-LHR

2014
Lufthansa B747-400 FRA-BOM

2016
Lufthansa B747-400 DXB-FRA (upper deck)

2017
Lufthansa B747-8I HND-FRA (upper deck)

2018
Lufthansa B747-8I FRA-GRU
Lufthansa B747-8I GRU-FRA
Lufthansa B747-8I HND FRA

ojjunior · Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:21 pm

Loran wrote:
Mine are as follows:

747 SP 3 (IR)
747-100B(SR/SUD) 3 (OX)
747-200B 9 (LH, UN)
747-200B(M) 2 (LH)
747-300 2 (QF, UN)
747-300(SCD) 2 (W5)
747-400 37 (BA, FJ, QF, NZ, TG, LH, OZ, KE)
747-400(D) 5 (NH)
747-400(ER) 1 (QF)
747-400(M) 3 (CA, OZ, BR)
747-800 1 (LH)
Grand Total 68

Sorry but i hate you.

Kent350787 · Fri Sep 21, 2018 5:32 am

KLM PH-BFA 747-400 SYD-SIN-AMS
KLM PH-BFT 747-406M MXP-SIN-SYD
MAS 747-400 SYD-KUL
MAS747-400 KUL-SYD

Airstud · Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:00 am

My only ever trip(s) on the 747 was rt BOS-LHR on TWA in 1985.

I believe those would have been -200's; I don't think TW ever flew the -100

(...did they? :boggled:

)

neutrino · Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:26 am

ojjunior wrote:
Loran wrote:
Mine are as follows:

747 SP 3 (IR)
747-100B(SR/SUD) 3 (OX)
747-200B 9 (LH, UN)
747-200B(M) 2 (LH)
747-300 2 (QF, UN)
747-300(SCD) 2 (W5)
747-400 37 (BA, FJ, QF, NZ, TG, LH, OZ, KE)
747-400(D) 5 (NH)
747-400(ER) 1 (QF)
747-400(M) 3 (CA, OZ, BR)
747-800 1 (LH)
Grand Total 68

Sorry but i hate you.

Treading on the darkside you are, padawan.
Love him......till he goes crazy. :laughing:

millionsofmiles · Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:33 am

(1) TWA 747-131 - 1971
(1) National Airlines 747-135 - 1972
(1) United 747-121 - 1975
(1) KLM 747-206B - 1979
(1) Northwest 747-251 - 1979
(3) British Airways 747-136 - 1983 and 1985
(1) Swissair 747-357 - 1983
(1) Swissair 747-257 - 1983
(1) AA 747SP-31 - 1992

B777LRF · Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:18 am

Too many to list here, but the most prominent one in my memory is LH401 FRA-JFK, seated in 1A.

ojjunior · Fri Sep 21, 2018 11:54 am

Airstud wrote:
My only ever trip(s) on the 747 was rt BOS-LHR on TWA in 1985.

I believe those would have been -200's; I don't think TW ever flew the -100

(...did they? )

Apparently they did:

BOS:

LHR:

Nice rides you had.

dredgy · Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:54 pm

Not going to remember every variant, but I think
Air Pacific -200
Qantas -300 and -400 (10 times)
Korean Air -400 and -8 (Twice each)
Thai Airways -400
Lufthansa -8
Iran Air SP
Ansett -300
Singapore Airlines -400
British Airways -400 (shortest flight I think - BAH to DOH)
Kuwait Airways -400

jporterfi · Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:16 pm

I've only done one trip: UA901 - SFO-LHR -400. I remember being excited that it was a 744 but disappointed that it had no seatback IFE (this was before the days of streaming IFE)!

EAR111pt2 · Sat Sep 22, 2018 2:35 pm

I have flown on the 747. As for the specific type, I don't recall. I do know flying on the queen of the skies in 1978 to visit my granny in Scotland and to make my first communion there, between ORD-LHR. Again in 1984 to visit family in Scotland, it was an open jaw flight, BOS-LHR and LHR-ORD. Before 1978, my memory is fuzzy, too young to recall the '71 and '73 journeys to see my granny. Those early jaunts could have been on a 747 or a VC-10. All flights on British Airways.

ElroyJetson · Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:51 am

TWA 747-100x2 JFK-LHR

PAN AM 747-100 FCO- JFK

tomaheath · Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:52 pm

When was the last time the first 747 was in the sky’s.

LY777 · Sun Sep 23, 2018 4:51 pm

1996: LY 742
1997: LY 742
1998: LY 742 (x2)
1999: LY 742
2000: LY 742
2001: AF 744 (x2)
2005: LY 744
2008: AF 744 (x2)
2009: AF 744 (x2)
2010: LY 744
2013: AF 744 (x2)
2014: LY 744
2016: CA 748

A333MSPtoAMS · Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:21 pm

Since I started logging my flight stats in 2001, I've had 11 flights on B747 equipment.

Boeing 747-200:
Northwest Airlines
01-Mar-2106: N637US - NRT to LAX

Boeing 747-400:
Air New Zealand
01-Sept-2012: ZK-SUH - SFO to AKL
27-Sept-2012: ZK-NBV - AKL to SFO

British Airways
18-Nov-2017: G-BYGD - ORD to LHR
29-Nov-2017: G-BYGG - LHR to ORD

Delta Air Lines
01-Dec-2013: N674US - BKK to NRT

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
23-Sept-2013: PH-BFB - AMS - NBO (J class, 1A nose cone)

Northwest Airlines
29-Jan-2006: N661US - MSP to NRT

Thai Airways International
29-Nov-2013: HS-TGA - BKK to CNX (J class, upper deck)

Virgin Atlantic Airways
11-Oct-2015: G-VWOW - LHR to JFK (J class, upper deck)

Boeing 747-400M
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
16-Nov-2017: PH-BFW - AMS to CAI

gabrielchew · Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:56 pm

According to my Flight Memory, i've logged 91 x 747-400, with BA, VS, BR, UA, SQ, TG, NH, MH, LH, CA & NZ. I did a few more flights when I was younger too. Caught the 747Combi with CA, the 747-8i with LH and the 747-400D (short range) with NH.

GalaxyFlyer · Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:01 pm

Flown -100 on AA and UA. -200 on BA, VS, LH, -400s on QF, NW, CA, SQ, CX.

GF

T18 · Sat Oct 06, 2018 2:01 am

Sadly, I've only every seen the Queen of the skies from the outside and it seems unlikely now that I will get to fly on one.

777Jet · Sun Oct 07, 2018 3:39 am

My first ever flight was on a 747

My last flight was on a 747

I have flown on a 747 at least 51 times

The sub-type I have flown on the most is the 747-400

The frame I have flown on the most is a 747

Boeing 747-400 flights = 47

Boeing 747-200 flights = 4

Most flown on frame = Thai Airways International 747-400 HS-TGG 'Pathoomawadi' x 4 flights

4 flights = Qantas 747-200 SYD-HNL HNL-SFO SFO-HNL HNL-SYD (my first ever flights)

5 flights = Qantas 747-400 multiple times between SYD-LAX LAX- SYD

4 flights = Air New Zealand 747-400 SYD-AKL AKL-LAX LAX-AKL AKL-SYD

3 flights = Malaysia Airlines 747-400 between SYD-KUL KUL-SYD

4 flights = British Airways 747-400 LHR-BKK BKK-SYD SYD-BKK BKK-SYD

18 flights = United Airlines 747-400 between SYD-LAX LAX-SYD SYD-SFO SFO-SYD SYD-HNL(medical) HNL-SFO(medical) DEN-LAX LAX-DEN LAX-LAX (engine out diversion) + possible other UA routes

13 flights = Thai Airways International 747-400 BKK-HKT HKT-BKK BKK-SYD SYD-BKK

My goal is to log a 747-400ER flight before they leave the Qantas fleet, and to log a 747-8 flight one day.

hoons90 · Sun Oct 07, 2018 4:49 am

I've flown on the 747-200 with KLM and 747-400 with KLM, Korean Air, Air Canada, EVA Air and Thai Airways.

388crazy · Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:30 pm

I have just had 9 flights on 747s

747SP
EP-IAC - IR - KUL-IKA

747-400
D-ABTK - LH - DEN-FRA - 747-430
D-ABVT - LH - FRA-DEN - 747-430
D-ABVY - LH - DEN-FRA - 747-430
DQ-FJL - FJ - MEL-NAN - 747-412
ZK-NBT - NZ - MEL-AKL - 747-419
ZK-NBW - NZ - AKL-MEL - 747-419
ZK-SUH - NZ - LAX-AKL - 747-475

747-400ER
VH-OEI - QF - LAX-BNE - 747-438ER

BuildingMyBento · Mon Oct 08, 2018 12:40 am

My first 747 flight was in the summer of 2000, SQ from LAX to NRT. Although I was mostly distracted by the Super Nintendo port, at one point I got to see the cockpit, which was rad.

PSAatSAN4Ever · Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:00 pm

Airstud wrote:
My only ever trip(s) on the 747 was rt BOS-LHR on TWA in 1985.

I believe those would have been -200's; I don't think TW ever flew the -100

(...did they? )

Yep! All 747's built for TWA were -131's, and to my knowledge, TWA only flew a few second-hand -200's:

Here is my personal database for TWA's 747 fleet over the years - I flew on one in August, 1987, LAX-JFK, and I the 747's in red are the ones that were in service at that time. Unfortunately, there are no records of this flight's tail number, but this list is taken from numerous sources and databases, including airliners.net.

GRJGeorge · Mon Oct 08, 2018 7:53 pm

I've only done 747-400

7 flights

1st was LH FRA-JNB in Aug 2000
Between 2003 and 2004 I've done 4 flights with SAA JNB-LHR vv...the last one was a very eventful one, with overnight delay from LHR being put up in hotel, then doing daylight flight southbound and upstairs in the bubble where they had Economy.
Last 2 flights was with BA JNB-LHR and back 2004/5

FlyHossD · Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:35 am

Some nice lists above.

My first 747 was EWR-LAX on PE in 1983 or 84.

My last was a NW 747-400 from NGO-DTW in 1999.

In between were some UA 747s (all -200s, I think) from SFO to NRT and several CO flights between NRT and GUM.

The model I always wanted to fly on was the 747SP. Bummer that that won't happen.

FlightLevel360 · Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:08 am

Flew CA's 747-400 twice JFK-PEK when I was 7. Too young to remember most of it unfortunately. I do remember the registration of the outbound being B-2445, which is surprisingly still active in domestic operations in China.

LH748 · Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:58 pm

My first ever longhaul was with the Queen

2x Thai Airways 744 FRA-BKK, BKK-FRA
1x Thai Airways 743 BKK-MEL
1x Lufthansa 748 FRA-IAD

aerorobnz · Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:33 pm

Boeing 747-200 1
Boeing 747-400 23

QF SYD-AKL VH-EBS
SQ SIN-CDG 9V-SMS
SQ LHR-SIN 9V-SMP
SQ SIN-AKL 9V-SPQ
TG HKG-BKK HS-TGA
TG HKG-BKK HS-TGP
UA HKG-SGN N171UA
PR MNL-HKG RP-C747
PR CEB MNL RP-C7472
PR HKG-MNL RP-C7473
PR MNL-CEB RP-C7473
PR MNL-HKG RP-C8168
QF SYD-HND VH-OJM
NZ AKL-LAX ZK-NBT
NZ LAX-AKL ZK-NBV
NZ AKL-LAX ZK-SUI
NZ LAX-LHR ZK-SUI
NZ LHR-HKG ZK-NBW
NZ HKG-AKL ZK-NBW
NZ AKL-HKG ZK-NBU
NZ AKL-HKG ZK-SUH
NZ LAX-AKL ZK-SUI
NZ HKG-AKL ZK-SUI
NZ HKG-AKL ZK-SUJ

Not many sectors given my age really, but I was fortunate enough to ride in the nose and the upper deck of the 747. The whooshing sound over the upper deck is something I remember clearly

Lingon · Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:47 pm

I didn't travel outside Europe until 2005, but then it was on a 747. So far I have had the pleasure 8 times (counting every leg as one time), and once boarded via stairs at Don Muang which gave me an unforgettable impression of the SIZE of the thing... and since I am flying on my own restricted dime, every flight has been in Y.

747-300
2 legs ARN-BKK-ARN , Thai

747-400
2 legs ARN-BKK-ARN Thai
1 leg HKG-MNL Cathay (equipment change, we were just a few passengers on board, one row to myself)
2 legs ARN-BKK-ARN Thai
1 leg FRA-HKG Cathay

zakuivcustom · Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:46 pm

Being from HKG and used to live there, it used to be more like I'm lucky if the flight is not a 747 :white:

(At least before 777 took over).

The one I can remember:
CA 747 (Not sure if it's a -400 or not, I was too young), HKG-PEK-HKG, 1995
CX 744, HKG-KIX/NRT-HKG, 1996
MH 744, HKG-KUL, SQ 744 (I believe), PEN-SIN, SQ 744, SIN-HKG, 1998
NW 744, HKG-NRT-LAX; MSP-HKG (Yes, the 8 months or so that they operate that route), 1998
CX 744, SFO-HKG-LAX, 2000
CI 744, LAX-TPE-HKG-TPE-LAX, 2000, may have flow
CX 744, HKG-BKK-HKG, 2001 (A month before 911, remembered seeing WTC since I flew from EWR to HKG on CO's then-new non-stop flight, although that's a 777)
CX 744, HKG-LAX, 2003 (That was during middle of SARS, outbound from US was on a 30% load A346 from SFO to HKG, still remembered that ultra-slow takeoff roll)
CX 744, SFO-HKG-SFO, 2005
UA 744, ORD-HKG-ORD, 2008
UA 744, SFO-HKG-SFO, 2011
UA 744, SFO-HKG (Inbound was on HKG-ORD on UA 777), 2014
OX 744, HKG-BKK-HKG, 2015, possibly the worst flight I've ever been on. Talk about an old, beat up 747.

angusjt · Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:50 am

April 2007*
SYD-BKK-LHR - Qantas - B747-400
LHR-SIN-SYD - Qantas - B747-400

July 2009*
SYD-SIN-LHR - Qantas - B747-400
LHR-SIN-LHR - Qantas - B747-400

2018
PER-SYD - Qantas - B747-400ER - VH-OEG
SYD-PER - Qantas - B747-400ER - VH-OEJ

*Going off rough memory, passport stamps (of arrivals/departures) & word from parents.

zubin · Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:47 am

It's not much but I remember each flight quite well. Especially the memory of seeing the 747's nose up close from our gate at SIN. It's definitely more memorable than the A380!

2007
Singapore Airlines - 747-400 - SIN-HKG-SFO (I don't recall the flight number they used at the time. If anyone does remember, please let me know!)
Unfortunately, the return leg was via ICN on a 77L.

2016
Lufthansa - 747-8i - LH756 FRA-BOM

2017
Thai Airways - 747-400 - TG318 BOM-BKK

The only way I can log another 747 is flying LH on any future international trips or trying my luck with AI. They often fly their 747 on BOM-DEL or BOM-HYD-JED runs.

sgbroimp · Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:43 pm

Many times, many carriers, but most memorable: I once flew KLM AMS to JFK (742, I guess) except a huge snow storm (Feb. '83) diverted us to YMX......was two days before we got out on our original aircraft, then circled over Kingston, NY went bingo fuel so back to YMX. KL crew was now over their hours and took the 742 back to AMS with some freight only, no pax!.Now we had no carrier! We got fixed up on a sked on AR, another 742 with routing YMX-JFK-MIA and EZE. The short hop to JFK was not easy at all as we circled Kingston again for an hour, then landed and taxied in a circle around JFK for an hour, finally arriving 2 days and about 5 hours late.

citationjet · Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:59 pm

747-100: Braniff, TWA, PanAm
747-200: Braniff, Japan, British, Lufthansa
747-200 Combi: KLM
747-300: Swissair
747-400: Air France, Lufthansa
747SP: Braniff, PanAm

TUGMASTER · Mon Oct 22, 2018 8:49 pm

Here we go...

EP-IAH BOEING 747-286BM IRAN AIR
EP-IAM BOEING 747-186B IRAN AIR
EP-IAB BOEING 747 SP86 IRAN AIR x2
F-GTUI BOEING 747 422 CORSAIR INTERNATIONAL x"
G-AWNB BOEING 747 136 BRITISH AIRWAYS
G-BDXG BOEING 747 236 BRITISH AIRWAYS
G-BNLB BOEING 747 436 BRITISH AIRWAYS
G-BNLK BOEING 747 436 BRITISH AIRWAYS
G-BNLM BOEING 747 436 BRITISH AIRWAYS
G-BYGC BOEING 747 436 BRITISH AIRWAYS
G-BYGD BOEING 747 436 BRITISH AIRWAYS
G-CIVA BOEING 747 436 BRITISH AIRWAYS
G-CIVF BOEING 747 436 BRITISH AIRWAYS
G-CIVI BOEING 747 436 BRITISH AIRWAYS
G-CIVV BOEING 747 436 BRITISH AIRWAYS x2
G-CIVW BOEING 747 436 BRITISH AIRWAYS x2
HS-TGB BOEING 747 2D7 THAI INTERNATIONAL
HS-TGL BOEING 747 4D7 THAI INTERNATIONAL
HS-TGO BOEING 747 4D7 THAI INTERNATIONAL
JA8131 BOEING 747 246 J.A.L. JAPAN AIRLINES
JA8163 BOEING 747 346 J.A.L. JAPAN AIRLINES x2
JA8087 BOEING 747 446 J.A.L. JAPAN AIRLINES x2
LX-KCV BOEING 747-123 CARIBBEAN AIRWAYS x2
PP-VOC BOEING 747 341 VARIG x2
9K-ADE BOEING 747 469M KUWAIT AIRWAYS
9M-MPH BOEING 747 4H6 MALAYSIAN AIRLINES
9M-MPJ BOEING 747 4H6 MALAYSIAN AIRLINES

Think thats it

Airdolomiti · Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:53 am

14 in total, and quite a few memorable ones:

747-100 x2 (BA: LHR-JFK, YYZ-LHR)
747-200 x1 (BA: LHR-JFK)
747-400 x10 (BA: JFK-LHR; CX: FRA-HKG-FRA, FRA-HKG-SYD, HKG-CDG; LH: TXL-FRA; NZ: BNE-AKL; VS: LGW-BGI-LGW)
747SP x1 (IR: CGN-CGN sightseeing flight)

Flyingdevil737 · Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:07 am

The long and short of it........

I have never been on a jumbo

tootallsd · Sun Oct 28, 2018 2:31 am

My first was 1973 -- Swissair JFK to Geneva and then Zurich. Home via Toronto to Chicago..

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