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Originally Posted by DaleO
I'm a retired engineer from Boeing last year. I did a lot of design on the 747-400 and flew on it a lot to Frankfurt and London over the years on business. 1st class on the -400 is really something! I'm 6' 4" and there is plenty of seat room. I've also flown on the -200 but the thrust of the -400 is incredible. I miss seeing them fly over home here like they used to all the time. I'm near Everett where it/was built. The twins are nice and efficient but there is something about seeing 4 contrails trailing a jet at cruise elevation. Bye Queen, it was an honor.
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I was really looking forward to getting a ride in a 747 once I moved to Orlando, since BA had a direct to London on a 747 it could be a long weekend trip easy. Unfortunately, covid shut everything down and all the airlines dropped 747's from their fleets so now they are only being used for cargo. Would have been nice to sit "upstairs" just once.
Then you see a 747 on a runway between the new Airbus 380's and WOW, what a difference!