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Post by M1199 on Nov 23, 2020 20:19:10 GMT
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Post by george on Dec 11, 2020 13:48:58 GMT
Well that is it as G-BYGC takes to skies for the final time. Can't say this enough truly a remarkable piece of engineering that will always be remembered
1971-2020.
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Post by galwhv69 on Jan 25, 2021 9:03:03 GMT
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Post by 6HP502C on Feb 8, 2021 4:50:02 GMT
Only just seen this thread!
It was sad to see the sudden withdrawal of the class which was evidently much revered. But for understandable reasons.
I only rode one once, on a shopping trip to get some trainers in 2017. I nipped over to New York on the BA Babybus (also withdrawn). On the way back, after a pre-flight supper and raiding the cookie jar and cognac in the lounge I boarded the 747-400. "Straight upstairs Mr Urbanite," the host checking the ticket said. I climbed the spindly staircase and took my seat right at the back, 64A. Fortunately I was not kicked out of my seat, as priority is given to passengers travelling with a baby due to the extra space and presence of a bassinet.
It was a fab experience. Truth be told it was quite warm and loud up there. People got to sleep fairly quickly and the sound of those engines drowned out people's snoring so all was good. It was great to experience the 747. I had hoped to get one last trip on one in the nose, but Covid put paid to that.
Didn't get as many trainers as I wanted - I was led to believe it would be easy to find size 17s in NYC but not so. Like London, you have to know exactly where to go!
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Post by george on Feb 17, 2021 19:10:31 GMT
Only just seen this thread! It was sad to see the sudden withdrawal of the class which was evidently much revered. But for understandable reasons. I only rode one once, on a shopping trip to get some trainers in 2017. I nipped over to New York on the BA Babybus (also withdrawn). On the way back, after a pre-flight supper and raiding the cookie jar and cognac in the lounge I boarded the 747-400. "Straight upstairs Mr Urbanite," the host checking the ticket said. I climbed the spindly staircase and took my seat right at the back, 64A. Fortunately I was not kicked out of my seat, as priority is given to passengers travelling with a baby due to the extra space and presence of a bassinet. It was a fab experience. Truth be told it was quite warm and loud up there. People got to sleep fairly quickly and the sound of those engines drowned out people's snoring so all was good. It was great to experience the 747. I had hoped to get one last trip on one in the nose, but Covid put paid to that. Didn't get as many trainers as I wanted - I was led to believe it would be easy to find size 17s in NYC but not so. Like London, you have to know exactly where to go! The British Airways Babybus took to the skies for the final time today. Check out playback of aircraft G-EUNA from Madrid to Enschede on Flightradar24. fr24.com/data/aircraft/g-euna#26d7e854 |
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Post by george on Mar 5, 2021 0:47:31 GMT
Lufthansa have announced plans to withdraw their 747-400 from service which means there will be no European operators of the aircraft this is excluding freighters. The A380 will also go from the Lufthansa fleet meaning British airways will be the only European operator of the type. However Singapore clearly have faith in the A380 as some are coming back from storage in Alice Springs back to Singapore to be refitted with new cabins.
Apologises for moving away from British airways.
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Post by george on Oct 8, 2021 18:48:28 GMT
One year ago today time has flown by pardon the pun. Although 747 no more great to see the A380s come back into service with BA and other airlines soon. |
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Post by M1199 on Oct 8, 2021 21:46:49 GMT
One year ago today time has flown by pardon the pun. Although 747 no more great to see the A380s come back into service with BA and other airlines soon. 5 or 6 of BA’s A380’s are returning to service next month. Initially on SH routes to Germany and somewhere else that I can’t currently remember, for crew refamiliarisation before getting to stretch their legs on some long haul duties from December onwards. |
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Post by snowman on Oct 9, 2021 5:54:03 GMT
One year ago today time has flown by pardon the pun. Although 747 no more great to see the A380s come back into service with BA and other airlines soon. 5 or 6 of BA’s A380’s are returning to service next month. Initially on SH routes to Germany and somewhere else that I can’t currently remember, for crew refamiliarisation before getting to stretch their legs on some long haul duties from December onwards. There is only one BA 747 near the road at Kemble now, had been quite a few, they get moved to other side of airfield for further dismantling. Be good to see the A380s back. Can only dream they can pick some others up cheap to expand fleet I think there are some brand new 787s that have been stored at Victorville which hopefully will enter service soon, and some new A350s due as well. The big 777Xs are due in few years as well. The 20 months of reduced service have seen bit of a clear out of older planes with older 777s leaving. Even the narrow body fleet has seen changes with 318s gone, some 319s gone, replaced by new 320s and 321s |
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Post by george on Oct 9, 2021 15:26:59 GMT
One year ago today time has flown by pardon the pun. Although 747 no more great to see the A380s come back into service with BA and other airlines soon. 5 or 6 of BA’s A380’s are returning to service next month. Initially on SH routes to Germany and somewhere else that I can’t currently remember, for crew refamiliarisation before getting to stretch their legs on some long haul duties from December onwards. Frankfurt in Germany and Madrid in Spain. |
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Post by george on Jan 30, 2023 20:34:10 GMT
Tommorow the last 747 gets delivered to Atlas Air. After 53 years and 1,574 planes built it really is the end of an era. The 747 truly transformed air travel it made it easier for people to travel to new destinations that they could have never got to before. A brilliant marvel of engineering. Queen of the skies best plane ever built.
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Post by george on Feb 1, 2023 20:50:25 GMT
And there we have it 53 years and 1574 planes later the very last 747 off the production line departs Boeing factory.
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Post by borneobus on Feb 1, 2023 21:32:14 GMT
And there we have it 53 years and 1574 planes later the very last 747 off the production line departs Boeing factory. Thanks for sharing this george - quite poignant seeing this footage - first-flight 1969 and still looks great, a 20th Century design classic - for me the greatest airliner (why?) It was the airliner that made the world smaller providing so many people with the opportunity to fly long-haul for the first time. We will not see its like again. |
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Post by george on Feb 1, 2023 21:51:43 GMT
And there we have it 53 years and 1574 planes later the very last 747 off the production line departs Boeing factory. Thanks for sharing this george - quite poignant seeing this footage - first-flight 1969 and still looks great, a 20th Century design classic - for me the greatest airliner (why?) It was the airliner that made the world smaller providing so many people with the opportunity to fly long-haul for the first time. We will not see its like again. Couldn't agree with you more as much as I loved seeing Concorde fly past it had its problems and was so expensive to fly on that it seemed to be a plane for a select few. Of course flight prices have gone up in recent years but it's worth remembering that before the 747 came to service travelling used to very expensive. Yeah nothing comes close airlines have to move on and provide better fuel efficient jets like the A350 and 787 but there's only ever one Queen of the skies. Final point even if you're not an aviation fan everyone knows what a jumbo jet is cannot think of any other form of transport where this could be the case? |
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Post by M1199 on Feb 2, 2023 9:56:01 GMT
Sad day for the aviation industry. Didn’t give a d*mn about the A380 ceasing production, but this truly feels like the end of an era.
Hopefully Boeing don’t destroy the 747 tooling, like they supposedly have with the 757 (Another of my favourite Aircraft) as I would bet that within a few years there will be some companies putting the feelers out for Aircraft of the 747 size.
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