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A Look Inside the Newest Boeing 747

Aviation blogger Sam Chui recently took a visit to the Boeing Customer Experience Center for a tour of a mockup of the newest Boeing 747.

Regional Director of Cabin Experience and Revenue Analysis Kent Craver gives the tour of the new plane to give Sam a rundown of the new look, including the VIP and Mega First Class suites and the lighting and design techniques Boeing implemented to make the cabin feel larger than it is.

“This is my love, this Boeing 747…my love of aviation started on this plane,” says Chui. Check out the video (which also includes a tour of a 737 and 787 mockup) here:

 

[Image Sources: YouTube/Sam Chui]

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EADW July 20, 2018

Thanks for posting this video. As I watched, I had flashbacks of my second trip on an airplane, It was 1970 or '71 and we were aboard a 747 in LAX or SFO. My adolescent self was awed by the Pan Am flight attendant in her suit and hat as she toured my sister and I through the plane and up the circular stairs to the lounge as fellow travelers boarded for our flight to Japan. I'll never forget it. Wish my mom had taken pictures of us in that plane!

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Seat 2A July 19, 2018

Thanks to Sam for posting this. Sadly, these days most all airplanes look pretty generic inside - a sea of light grey, dark grey or dark blue seats. Better service notwithstanding, I liked flying back in the 1970s much more. Alas, in today's society most people prefer the homogenized look of a sea of uniform blue/grey seats [URL="https://private.fotki.com/Seat2A/airline-advertisements/eastern-airlines-l.html"][IMG] https://images56.fotki.com/v1599/photos/2/211932/8176828/EASTERNAIRLINESL1011INTERIOR-vi.jpg[/IMG][/url] [b]1970s flashback[/B] [URL="https://private.fotki.com/Seat2A/airline-lounges-1/continentaldc10.html"][IMG] https://images53.fotki.com/v1495/photos/2/211932/10417101/CONTINENTALDC11-vi.jpg[/IMG][/url] [b]1970s flashback 2[/B]

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turgutbey July 19, 2018

It'd be nice if they specified what variant this is. I'd assume a 747-8i. But the description of it as "the newest 747" is misleading making it sound like a new variant, but i guess he just means newest of the production line of the existing 747-8i variant??

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jsintexas July 19, 2018

@BF263533 The business plan of the 3 major US carriers is more direct point to point international flights. The B777 and B787 dominate that market. AirBus is and was late to market with the A350.. The super jumbo B747 and A380 are no longer relevant

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Bear4Asian July 19, 2018

I love the 747, but those coach seats look painfully thin. Beautiful pink lighting will only go so far to enhance the customer experience.