Jet Airways Boeing 747
The famous boeing 747 british airways jet on a farewell flight this morning october 8 was forced to circle the skies above gloucestershire for nearly an hour.
Jet airways boeing 747. The boeing 747 400 is loved by many. It quickly became a passenger. 6 first class seats 48 business 22 in the upper deck and 26 below and economy. The advanced series 300 was announced at the september 1984 farnborough airshow targeting a 10 cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1000 nmi 1850 km more range.
British airways announcement last week that it is retiring its fleet of iconic boeing 747 jets means lufthansa is the only passenger airline using the jumbo jet to fly in and out of denver. Korean sits behind lufthansa is terms of 747 8i orders taking on a total of 10 along with 7 freighters. However its time is almost up. And even lufthansa is unsure about the planes future use on its routes.
Made in hong kong. The boeing 747 is a large longrange wide body airliner and cargo aircraft manufactured by boeing commercial airplanes in the united states. Aircraft is new boeing b 747 8 intercontinental with test flight hours only. The very first boeing 747 was rolled out in 1968 afpgetty afp via getty the supersonic jet was an anglo french aberration an implausibly fast toy for the rich and glamorous.
The aircraft registration number g. Condition is used but not sure if ever really used. Its been in storage. After introducing the 707 in october 1958 pan am wanted a jet 2 times its size to reduce its seat cost by 30 to democratize air travel.
Battery is a 9 volt. The first boeing 747 made its maiden flight on february 9 1969 a year before entering service with the fondly remembered airline pan american world airways. The boeing 747 400 is a wide body airliner produced by boeing commercial airplanes an advanced variant of the initial boeing 747. Following a gradual ten year decline in the types usage the current covid 19 crisis has largely drawn the curtains on the type with airlines such as british airways outright retiring a significant portion of the global fleet.