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Flyover the local hospital last year in May in honor of firontline healthcare workers ... ... only a METAL bird, no other kind of birds ...
1914 Curtiss Flying Boat "America" reproduction by Curtiss Museum. Original engines. Getting ready to go in the water. Didn't make it off the lake till the following year after they installed rebuilt original engines.
Wings and lots of jet engine power needed (F4G Phantom Wild Weasel at Air Force Museum).
Phantom F4 on the USS Midway
ah. the famous: "The F4 Phantom is living proof that given enough power even a brick will fly".
Pearl Harbour Aviation Museum. Remember when we could travel?
Sadly, with the pandemic, not only isVirgin not flying the non-stop route, but every airline took the opportunity to retire their remaining 747’s for the newer more fuel efficient twin engine wide bodies.
This is indeed sad. The British Air direct flight to Heathrow from Denver was a 747 pre-pandemic. We would sometimes be able to fly business class which for that flight included the upper deck. Quiet, spacious, wonderful. Really going to miss it. I think they will replace with a 777 which is definitely not the same experience
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This is indeed sad. The British Air direct flight to Heathrow from Denver was a 747 pre-pandemic. We would sometimes be able to fly business class which for that flight included the upper deck. Quiet, spacious, wonderful. Really going to miss it. I think they will replace with a 777 which is definitely not the same experience
The 747 was so innovative (both in design and marketing) that a mystique grew up around it that even a better plane cannot replace.
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They used a 747 to transport the shuttle from CA to the Cape. Then they used one for a telescope transport before the Hubble, modified it with overhead doors that opened in flight at high altitudes for less atmospheric interference. Telescope had special isolated damping to reduce vibrations from the engines and the turbulence from the open doors. Took a 747 on Air Canada from Toronto to Vancouver, ended up sitting in the first row up against carpeted wall. Cockpit was up one level. Most boring flight ever.
I've posted this before, but since we are on a 747 nostalgia ... Frankfurt, 1978
When I did a lot of biz traveling from CA to Asia I was able to book Singapore Airlines Biz class, upper deck, was a great experience back in the late 90s/early 2000s ...
When I did a lot of biz traveling from CA to Asia I was able to book Singapore Airlines Biz class, upper deck, was a great experience back in the late 90s/early 2000s ...
Antonov ah-124-100
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