The previous model was the -400. The -8i is 19 feet longer than the -400. The first actual stretch of the 747. So it will carry about 60 more passengers. Fly further. it uses the 787 engines so it is more fuel efficient and quieter too.
And to the other poster the music was really great. Two guys on violins and a woman on big kettle drums.
“They never made the -500”
There was never a model designated the -500 offered?
or there was and they just never sold any?