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I see today that British Airways is retiring its entire fleet of 30 Boeing 747 Jumbo jets. What a shame as this is the plane that made long haul overseas travel affordable to us all. I've flown on quite a few including BA, Qantas (who've also just grounded theirs) Singapore Airlines (my favorite), Thai, Malaysian and Continental Airlines.
I do hope BA can find somewhere to preserve one as it's been such an important plane for so long.
End of an era.
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Re: End of an era.
They've been slowly replacing them with 787 or A380s as appropriate and they had been due to be gone in the next few years but CV air travel collapse has brought it forward somewhat.
BA are (well were) the biggest operator of 747s having spent big on the 400 series in the 90s.
One would look good at Duxford, I don't think theres a single preserved 747 in the UK, but as the 400s BA had used RR engines and they were the biggest customer, seems fitting to have one here.
Noel.
BA are (well were) the biggest operator of 747s having spent big on the 400 series in the 90s.
One would look good at Duxford, I don't think theres a single preserved 747 in the UK, but as the 400s BA had used RR engines and they were the biggest customer, seems fitting to have one here.
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Re: End of an era.
I don't think the A380's will last much longer either. Air France is getting rid of its whole fleet, Lufthansa the same and they just seem to be worthless secondhand.
Re: End of an era.
Mostly as they have to use Class F airfields, instead of Class E, with wider gates and taxiways.
There are only 48 of those in the world, compared to well over 200 Class E.
Consequently, the airports have them over a barrel and charge them a fortune.
Boeing have got round this with the new 777X, with the last 12' of each wing folding up.
And there is my claim to fame! First person ever to write the System Description for a folding wing system on a commercial aircraft. Ta-daa!
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Thats interesting, guess folding wings not used much outside naval aviation?
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Read the other day that most of BA's 31 747's will be heading here
https://www.cotswoldairport.com/aircraft-breaking
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https://www.cotswoldairport.com/aircraft-breaking
Been watching this company https://ecube.aero/ ........... here's the link to the show https://www.dplay.co.uk/show/plane-reclaimers