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Can a Reborn Jetliner Again Change the World — or Look Good Trying?
Airliners Net ^
| 5 March 2007
| Patrick Smith
Posted on 03/07/2007 12:27:32 PM PST by lowbuck
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A fun stroll down memory lane. Go to the link to enjoy the pictures. Enjoy.
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posted on
03/07/2007 12:27:38 PM PST
by
lowbuck
To: lowbuck
During my days working at Logan Airport, I had to stop what I was doing to watch when a 747 was landing. The pilots from Swiss Air were the best. It was unbelievable how graceful a huge machine could be.
To: lowbuck
![](http://www.jetplanes.co.uk/pictures/a10/a10sharknose.jpg)
To an engineer, ugly is as ugly does.
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posted on
03/07/2007 12:40:02 PM PST
by
Dan Evans
To: lonerepubinma
"It was unbelievable how graceful a huge machine could be."
True, I also remember watching the C-17's in the pattern while lying on the beach in Florida. Man, such a big machine and it seemed to "hang in the air" and float to the runway.
While age has erased the magic in many thing that amazed us in youth, well designed airplanes are still just that to me. . . magic.
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posted on
03/07/2007 12:44:26 PM PST
by
lowbuck
(The Blue Card (US Passport). . . Don't leave home without it!)
To: lowbuck
I remember reading in a mag at the time the 747 came out that plans were to extend the upper deck the length of the aircraft. that hasn't happenned yet, but it looks like it's growing...
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posted on
03/07/2007 1:03:28 PM PST
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: Dan Evans
Form follows function, no?
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posted on
03/07/2007 1:15:51 PM PST
by
AntiKev
("No damage. The world's still turning isn't it?" - Stereo Goes Stellar - Blow Me A Holloway)
To: camle
As far as airliners go the 707 is still the most graceful yet business looking jet. and besides nobody has rolled a 747 on purpose a 707 has.Pilot Tex Johnson.
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posted on
03/07/2007 1:16:42 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
To: imahawk
I remember that. he wasn't a pilot much longer, was he?
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posted on
03/07/2007 1:32:37 PM PST
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: Dan Evans
Looks beautiful to me....
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posted on
03/07/2007 1:48:47 PM PST
by
biggerten
(Love you, Mom.)
To: lowbuck; All
![](http://homepage.mac.com/rlmorel/.Public/airforceone.jpg)
One of my favorite images of one of the most beautiful variants of one of my favorite aircraft!
And this baby can move. Did anyone ever see the footage of this aircraft leaping into the sky at what appeared to be 70 degree angle on 9/11 with the President aboard? That thing cannot have stock engines...it climbed like a raped ape.
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posted on
03/07/2007 1:56:09 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: lowbuck
Spoken like a true aviation aficionado!
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posted on
03/07/2007 1:57:02 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: rlmorel
This one will be beautiful. 747-8.
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posted on
03/07/2007 2:07:05 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: lowbuck
The 747 is the queen of the skies. The A380 is a ghastly beast.
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posted on
03/07/2007 2:12:28 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: lowbuck
A gentlemans airplane, as one captain puts it.
Perfect description.
The euros used to design nice looking aircraft, but now they design boring stale crap.
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posted on
03/07/2007 2:33:17 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: rlmorel
aboard? That thing cannot have stock engines...it climbed like a raped ape.It doesn't have stock engines. I don't know what type it has, but it's been souped-up and is able to land at many airports with runways too short to support an average 747.
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posted on
03/07/2007 3:01:22 PM PST
by
BfloGuy
(It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
To: lowbuck
I hadn't seen pics before, so I was surprised by the upward curve of the 747-8's wings.
Beautiful plane.
![](http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/technology_jumbo_overhaul/img/6.jpg)
![](http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/07/farnborough_airshow/image/747-8.jpg)
To: camle
he wasn't a pilot much longer, was he? The president of the company just told him "Don't do it again."
He flew for Boeing for many more years.
To: rlmorel
That thing cannot have stock engines...it climbed like a raped ape. It probably did not have much fuel and for sure did not have many passengers in it.
When airplanes take off, it is normal to climb at their best climb airspeed.
If it is loaded heavy, the climb angle won't be too steep.
If they are light, the angle is quite steep. They still climb at the same airspeed.
To: Dan(9698)
That makes sense to me...:)
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posted on
03/07/2007 6:13:48 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: camle
Yes he was,One of the greatest test pilots ever.Died of old age.
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posted on
03/07/2007 9:24:09 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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