Interesting negative comments on what has been a great aircraft.
This is also the end of an era that began with Qantas getting Catalinas in the 40s. The B747 300 is the last of Qantas's aircraft with a Flight Engineer. All that is left for FEs on civilian airlcraft registered in this country are B727F and the Connie.60+ years of history finishes in the next few days with little recognition of the significance of our demise.
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