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To: Oldexpat

I had the opportunity to do that twice (well, four times, roundtrip!) to Hawaii. The company was paying for it thank goodness. I recall when the 747 first came out my dad brought me on a Rotary Club outing to the airport where they gave a tour of the new plane. I was ten, and even though it was the first plane I had ever been in, it sure made an impression.


10 posted on 09/20/2017 9:37:52 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: 21twelve
In 1974, I toured the Boeing factory in Everett, WA where the 747s were made. It was back in the day when you got REALLY good factory tours. There was a gallery around the enormous assembly room (the biggest building ever built!) and you could see the final assembly of LOTs of planes. I remember watching a video about the plane and seeing the flex load tests on the wings (yikes! do they bend!) and watching an over-rotation take-off where the rear end skidded on the runway for a long distance. I probably have pics from the tour somewhere.

I remember my first flight to Tokyo on a 747 (I think from Chicago) with a stop in Anchorage. It was a Pan Am plane and I think they were ferrying it to Tokyo because there were maybe 10 paying passengers on the entire plane! That was so weird.

Here's the Wiki pic of the inside of the assembly building:


20 posted on 09/20/2017 11:22:25 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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