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Post by vjaska on Feb 2, 2023 11:39:15 GMT
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? Routemaster is probably the same equivalent - lots of non bus people know that one |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Feb 2, 2023 12:19:23 GMT
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? Routemaster is probably the same equivalent - lots of non bus people know that one I'd place the 747 a league above the Routemaster personally, being something global as opposed to Routemasters just being associated with one country. I'll certainly cherish the time I flew on a 747, such an iconic plane. I do hope I'll be able to get at least one more ride in. |
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Post by george on Feb 4, 2023 17:16:35 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. What's the best long haul aircraft in British Airways fleet In your opinion? |
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