More pix at source
More pix at source
What a great airplane! I love the upper deck on the 744.
I remember coming home in January 1971 from overseas after a horrible flight across the pacific in a deathly cold C-141 with some webbed seating playing ‘thong’ with my butt trying to get home for my father’s funeral. I had my feet straddled over the wheels of a classified jet engine’s carrier and it had some fuel still in it that started dripping. The pilots turned down the temperature and continued on.
Landed at Norton AFB and the TMO said we have a bird off to Dobbins AFB in a half hour. I said no thank you and rode a bus to LA. I tried to buy a ticket for the Delta flight but the agent said “flight’s empty” “I’m putting you Space A”.....it was $74 LA to Atlanta. It was so empty, I had an entire selection of rows where I could put the arms up on 4 seats and crash.....
One of the best flights I ever had.
I flew several different jets from Alaska to Hawaii to Sydney to Adelaide, then back to Brisbane to Hawaii to Alaska.
They were the 737-800 Alaska and Qantas
Cramped, terrible seats, hard landings and loud.
Avoiding the 737 unless its business or 1st class, just too uncomfortable for flights longer than 4 hours.
787 Jetstar
Comfy wider seats, HUGE restrooms, very good higher cabin pressure because its composite, very quiet. Will fly on the Dreamliner again but NEVER Jetstar.
A330 Hawaiian
Best seats, no overhead gasper air vents but the best economy service, food and entertainment, will fly again.
Tremendous milestone when it was introduced. The “freighter” that became a legend in the skies.
America sre knows how to build machines. Even a stewardess could fly one :)
I just remember how the 747 dwarfed the earlier 7-series Boing planes. It was a big baby.
Why such nostalgia for the Boeing with the back bump? …No, it was a front bump.
A French aviation specialist said he believes it's because the plane was the first to "democratize" flying. …Oh, they love their socialistic language, do they not. Anything to get the plane away from being associated with the free market.
While i’m on my soapbox about Boeing i will again have to add just how much i hated both hops from Anchorage to Honolulu to and from, 5.5 hours minimum. The seats are torture devices!
And this is Alaska airlines, flights 870 and 871.
Traditionally Alaska has been very good with customer service, but i suspect their decision to run ONLY the 737’s is going to bite them.
Like right now, researching flights to Orlando and back,dismissing any 737 connection, hopefully i can find another A330 with the 2-4-2 seating like the Hawaiian 444, it was actually the shorter A330-200 (A332)
Never flew on the 747 though.
Are they going total Airbus?
Kinda a shame about the A380, ugly.....
Like a great big fat chick trying to pole dance in a g string and pasties.
sukoi-30mki,
Your posts are always great. BUT, that does NOT look like the shadow of a 747. Look at the apparent size of the engines. Also, the winglets look out-sized. The nose? Where is that bulbous thing? Most peculiar, is that there is no noticeable “Hump” in this shadow.
Oh, well. It doesn’t matter. It just struck me immediately. Interesting and slightly sad article. With the real tragedies caused by Islamic terrorists around the world, this is not a big deal. But as one of those who really enjoyed these big bad boys, I am sorry to see their time come to an end.
Oldplayer
First plane I ever flew on. It had a lounge with a fish tank wall, lots of leg room and helpful attendants. Niiiiice. Not the flying sardine cans of today.