Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumbo jets
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#2This is really sad. I love both 747 and A380. To me it’s still more comfortable to be in the large plane for a long flight. 4 engines are better than 2.
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#4I know it's not the most important thing, but I feel that 747s are easily the prettiest passenger airplane in the sky right now.
Going to miss the variety they provided at the airport.
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#5The 747 is humanity's greatest achievement. Air travel is the confluence of engineering, policy and governance (the heyday of the FAA/NTSB and how we got to the point where air travel is this safe), and the systems engineering that get aircraft, people, and baggage to so many different places. What the Boeing 747, and only the Boeing 747, has is true artistic value, with a profile evoking Botticelli or Rubens.
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#7This is really sad. I love both 747 and A380. To me it’s still more comfortable to be in the large plane for a long flight. 4 engines are better than 2.
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#8The last day of 737 will come sometime soon too.
Re: Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumbo jets
#9This is really sad. I love both 747 and A380. To me it’s still more comfortable to be in the large plane for a long flight. 4 engines are better than 2.
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Re: Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumbo jets
#10This is really sad. I love both 747 and A380. To me it’s still more comfortable to be in the large plane for a long flight. 4 engines are better than 2.
Last fall I had the chance to fly SFO to LHR on an A380 and return trip on a 747. Such a smooth journey. Post COVID, I strongly suggest finding one of these for a future flight, if there are any left flying post COVID that is...