Boeing Has Likely Built Its Last Commercial 747

[72targa]

One of the most memorable planes I've ever flown on...

https://thepointsguy.com/2017/07/boe...ommercial-747/

[911TES]

...always wanted to tour the Everett factory - have a reservation for this Sunday, August 27th - will there be a 747 on the line? - sounds like probably not - well, I missed the Shuttle landing and only got a glimpse of the shuttle T/O, so what's new.
... almost took a job flying the special 747 transporter for the 787, but things changed. Remarkable (and powerful) aircraft !

[NZVW]

Great news,
Big, slow and superseded.
Although my uncle flew one for 25 odd years and always waxed lyrically about their ease and gentle nature.
Mark
ps bring back the Concorde,
NZ is so far away

[beh911]

The Delta Flight Museum at the Atlanta airport has on display the first 747-400 built. You can tour it as well.
171 miles of wiring in each plane...

Museum itself is well worth a visit if you have any interest in aviation history.

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[72targa]

I remember going up a staircase like this for the first time...

[Tdskip]

Doubt we'll see anything like it again...

[Flieger]

They are actually one of the faster airliners around. I think maybe still the fastest. But they fly slower for economy, same as every other airliner.

[Jrsully]

slow is $$ for the pilots!

[Bill Simmeth]

I worked at the Everett plant for two years in the late 70s as a young buck engineer. What a great job! Spending lunch time walking the factory floor and the flight line was like being the proverbial kid in a candy store. While there, the King of Saudi's 747 was being finished under heavy security (at a time US Presidents were still flying a 707) and the SCA (shuttle carrier aircraft) came in for alteration.

Getting to walk and crawl around in the 767 full-size mock-up and an engineering copy of a 747-100 for "field work" was extraordinary as a young 20-something. This happened often as virtually all engineering was still paper-based. Boeing was just beginning to test the new-fangled CAD approach. God I feel old. Good times.

[swcarroll]

I was fortunate enough to ride the upper deck back from London yesterday. The fanciest seats are actually in the nose of the lower deck, but the wife and I were thrilled to be upstairs. One of the attendants agreed that "it's like your own little jet up here". British Airways service was, as they say, brilliant.
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