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Qantas Just Sent its Last Boeing 747 into Retirement, Signalling the End of an Era for the Iconic Planes
Australia’s largest airline is officially through with the iconic Boeing 747, after sending the last one halfway around the world. At 2 pm on Wednesday Qantas sent its last one packing on its final flight from Sydney, headed to Los Angeles with a full cargo of freight. CEO Alan Joyce said the retirement marked the…
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Watch The Last Flight Of Air France’s Boeing 747
Video: The beautiful, venerable Boeing 747 is reaching the end of its lifespan at many airlines across the world. Take-up of the new-generation 747-8 has been slow, with many carriers choosing the smaller Boeing 777 alongside the behemoth Airbus A380. Air France has just retired the last of its once-68-strong fleet of 747s, and it…
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This Low-Flying 747 Is Really A Flawless 5.5-Metre Long RC Model
RC aircraft builders strive for extreme accuracy in their scaled-down versions of real-life planes. And what looks like one of Virgin Atlantic’s 747-400s doing a low-pass fly-by is actually an 5m long RC model of the airliner built and piloted by Adi Pitz.
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Travelling In A Boeing 747 In The 1970s Was Pretty Damn Awesome
Air travel did have a Golden Age. There was more space, classier interiors and bolder designs. You don’t even have to go back to the 50s and 60s to see that. Here are some of the actual cabin interiors for the Boeing 747s in the 1970s. They are awesome.