Last Revenue Flight for First Boeing 747-400 Airplane Today, September 10, 2015
Sep 9, 2015, 11:29 am
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Last Revenue Flight for First Boeing 747-400 Airplane Today, September 10, 2015
Sep 9, 2015, 11:38 am
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What? (Your link is broken).
Maybe this is the linked article?
http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/20...-united-smisek
Maybe this is the linked article?
http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/20...-united-smisek
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Sep 9, 2015, 12:44 pm
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Today marks the final commercial flight of the first Boeing 747-400. Currently operated by Delta Air Lines, tail number N661US was delivered to Northwest Airlines in 1989. She ends her 27-year career by flying the lengthy Honolulu to Atlanta nonstop this morning, and will then find a cozy retirement among other historic aircraft at the newly revamped Delta Flight Museum at Altanta Airport.
Sep 9, 2015, 1:35 pm
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Sep 9, 2015, 3:47 pm
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To clarify:
This was the first 747-400 delivered to any airline, and was delivered to NW in 1989. There have been a few DL 747s that have been retired (and many more among other airlines). One of the retired frames was damaged by hail a couple of months ago.
http://news.delta.com/first-boeing-7...c-final-flight
This was the first 747-400 delivered to any airline, and was delivered to NW in 1989. There have been a few DL 747s that have been retired (and many more among other airlines). One of the retired frames was damaged by hail a couple of months ago.
http://news.delta.com/first-boeing-7...c-final-flight
Sep 9, 2015, 11:31 pm
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Sep 10, 2015, 2:57 am
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Does anyone else find the caption on the lead image in the actual source article (from the linked article) suspicious? I don't know of any plane whose tires smoke on take-off. Or am I crazy?
Sep 10, 2015, 6:21 am
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Sep 10, 2015, 9:45 am
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27 years hardly sounds like it's average life (end of airframe cycle) of 747-400, or is it? I would have thought it could easily have another 7-10 years of safe flying.
Will miss it....
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Will miss it....
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Sep 10, 2015, 9:46 am
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I got it late last month CDG-DTW. I noticed the lack of Wifi but when the Captain took of photo of me in his chair (before departure) he told me this was the original 747.
Sep 10, 2015, 9:48 am
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Yep, those birds were always cared for lovingly by the PMNW mechanics and crew, plus AFAIK at least most of them were fully paid for. Just like the DC-9s. RIP.
Sep 10, 2015, 11:58 am
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Whoa - when I did that earlier this year I got a 767 -must be because of Labor Day. EDIT just double checked -it was in November 2013 and it was indeed an A330. This year I went to HNL from SLC.
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