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I think every other year the trip home was free and one year my dad found out we could go all the way around first class for the same money as the usual layover in Europe, so it was Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines up front Riyadh Hong Kong Manila Singapore Taipei Honolulu Portland or

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Back in the 1950s, my dad had to babysit a couple of nukes we gave to the Brits. Being of low rank and high security clearance sometimes gets you interesting, if unwanted, duties. Somewhere between Barksdale and the UK, they had to land on an island base for refueling. Their emergency plans for

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Boeing is still building the -800 variant for cargo carriers, I believe. -D > On Jul 17, 2021, at 12:49 AM, Clay via Mercedes wrote: > > Quantas retired the last one just about a year ago. ANC is packed with the > 747. Things seem to come in 24/7. > > clay > > I have no pronouns please

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Holy bat droppings, someone regularly flew a 747 into Guatemala City? Yipes, I'll never forget that landing in a 727 in 1966. Flying up a ravine watching the ground rise FAST and more and more and more flaps kept coming out of the wing. Probably had to use 90 degrees of flap to land a 747

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Used to fly in them all the time going to Greece as a kid. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 16, 2021, at 9:07 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have never gotten to fly in one. What a shame. I thought there were still > some overseas carriers using them quite a bit? > > Sent from

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Quantas retired the last one just about a year ago. ANC is packed with the 747. Things seem to come in 24/7. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Jul 16, 2021, at 5:07 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I have never gotten to fly in one. What a shame. I

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I got to watch the test flights out of Paine Field in winter 1969. Had a number of voyages on them over the next four five years. Most terrifying was the landing in Guatemala where one end of the VERY shorty runway was a 400 year old aqueduct, the other a plunge down a ravine. Touchdown was

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I have never gotten to fly in one. What a shame. I thought there were still some overseas carriers using them quite a bit? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 16, 2021, at 6:08 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Any 747 variant still in service is a cargo aircraft. I’m almost certain >

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I flew first class on the upper deck a few times on BA transatlantic flights. That was very nice as there were few seats up there, it was like a little club. This was long before 9/11 so the pilots would leave the cockpit door open and welcomed short visits to the flight deck. The bevvie

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I flew them regularly to Europe (KLM) and Asia (Northwest) in business class. I’ve never flown in a 747 in coach, thank goodness. One of the best flights I had in one, a -400 variant, was on a flight to Schipol (Amsterdam) from Chicago. About 20 minutes into the flight my seat back broke. The

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Yeah, that 747 was something else. I had the best and the worst seats in Tourist class on a trip to Germany -- back in those days you got your seat assignment at checkin, and I had lots of time in Chicago on the way over. Got a nice seat in the emergency exit row over the wing, a row of

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Any 747 variant still in service is a cargo aircraft. I’m almost certain everyone who had one in passenger service has retired them. Too bad - that was one awesome plane to fly in. -D > On Jul 15, 2021, at 7:03 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Also saw a couple of 747s at DFW,

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Also saw a couple of 747s at DFW, one parked and one landing. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 15, 2021, at 4:55 PM, Kaleb Striplin wrote: > > I’m not sure. It said something or other charter on it. I suspect cargo but > I didn’t see any cargo type doors on it but who knows. > > Sent from my

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Kalitta Charters out of Michigan operates four 727s in cargo service. Allan On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, at 5:54 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > I’m not sure. It said something or other charter on it. I suspect cargo but I > didn’t see any cargo type doors on it but who knows. > > Sent

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I’m not sure. It said something or other charter on it. I suspect cargo but I didn’t see any cargo type doors on it but who knows. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 15, 2021, at 4:07 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Passenger or freighter? According to Wikipedia it's one of 13 still

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Passenger or freighter? According to Wikipedia it's one of 13 still in service. Allan On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, at 4:42 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Just landed in Tulsa and a 727 was parked out next to the apron. > > Sent from my iPhone > > ___ >

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