This is the 747-8:
This is the 747-8:
Is the next generation 747, the 747-9 going to have the upper deck go all the way back to the rudder? It’s half way there on the -8 now. the upper deck has slowly been increasing in length over the years. Why not go all the way on the next itteration. It would look pretty cool, too. It wouldn’t lose much of its sleeknes and would look a lot better than that whale Airbus built, the 380.
Love the paint scheme. Red, orange (red + white) and white. It says to me “communism is creeping up from below and coming at us from behind”.
This is the 747-8:
It's a candy. It's a breath mint. Wait, you're both right.
Bobalu's picture is of the 747-8F freighter. Yossarian's picture is of the 747-8i Intercontinental passenger aircraft.
Both aircraft share the 787's GEnX engines (modified for bleed air,) a longer fuselage, and supercritical wing.
The 787-8F sports a shorter upper deck (it isn't used for cargo) and a nose cargo loading door. The 747-8i sports the longest upper deck ever seen in a 747, and is second only to the Airbus A380-800 in passenger capacity.
Its the cargo version I believe. Been seeing it fly around Palmdale facility for some time now.