Posted on 09/20/2017 9:22:24 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
U.S. Airlines are vying for attention as the Boeing 747 leaves their fleets, just as they did when it entered their fleets in 1970.
And the world’s aviation geeks are watching closely.
United announced Monday that its final Boeing 747 flight will take place Nov. 7 with a celebratory recreation of its first United flight from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Twenty-eight minutes later, at 3:47 p.m. Monday, Delta announced that it recently operated its final Boeing 747 Tokyo Narita-Honolulu flight (on Sept. 5), and that it had operated what were thought to be the final domestic 747 flights from Honolulu to Los Angeles to Detroit.
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Sounds like a trip I took coming home from Florida to Connecticut when I was 14. Tampa to Tallahassee to Atlanta to Hartford. It was an Eastern Airline flight, but whoever got me that flight was not thinking. Eastern had a non stop from Tampa to Hartford...and so did Northeast...
It actually was stopping at ORD from a London to St. Louis route on TWA. I needed to connect in STL. Just seemed funny to ride such a big bird like that for such a short trip.
Flew them a few times after that, like on a trip to Australia, so those were a bit longer.
I agree with the many posters who liked the L-1011. Maybe my favorite. I also got to fly on a Northwest Convair 580 in the late 80s. The thing was probably built in the 50s. Curtains in the windows. That was fun!
I think my first 747 trip was Chicago to Denver and for a similar reason to yours. Denver to Destination X was next on the agenda.
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