747 Farewell

[601]

Originally Posted by Pugilistic Animus

I'm green with envy...I think every pilot would love to fly a 747.

The day after on the way to the US for sim training with FSI, I spent an hour or so up the front including the landing into HNL.
Amazing what we could 40 years ago.

[C441]

Originally Posted by oicur12.again

Hi all

Do any of the QF folk have an eta for Mojave?

I am in the area and would love to get some pics of its arrival and I have been advised it is scheduled to touchdown at 11:30.

But there is much confusion as to which day, thursday (tomorrow here) or Friday! Is it spending one day in LAX or two?

Scheduled 11:00am ex-LAX with an 11:30 arrival VCV Friday morning LAX time…..
If you get any decent shots there's a few here who wouldn't mind seeing 'em!

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Very Good 'Buster'.....but its supposed to be WHITE........

Cheers....

Nah... I dunno either....

[maggot]

Originally Posted by Pugilistic Animus

Damn someone has a lot of patience or too much time on their hands...or maybe it was set up by dispatch. I wonder what Clearance Delivery had to say. Nevertheless so cool!

hmmm could you possibly imagine any pilots having time on their hands atm...?

well done team

[Anti Skid On]

This https://www.theguardian.com/business...ntas-jumbo-jet

[pilotbm]

Anyone know what the 90 minute delay out of Sydney was about? ETD was originally 1400 local

Plenty of folks flew in to YSHL and were getting nervous about last light.

[mustafagander]

I am reliably informed that the waypoints for skippy were sorted out and refined in the sim. At least a full day I hear, then into the system for uplink.

[RampDog]

Buster and Griffo, how's this then?

[Section28- BE]

Originally Posted by RampDog

Buster and Griffo, how's this then?

'NAILED IT'....!!!! ('skills'- right there, only an opinion.)

rgds all
S28- BE

[Capt Fathom]

Anyone know what the 90 minute delay out of Sydney was about? ETD was originally 1400 local

I think the hangar celebrations went until 2pm.
It was then towed to a gate to be fuelled. That takes a bit of time.

[Capt Kremin]

Apologies to all my A380 mates, but its true.

[Lookleft]

Well done Qantas for the effort that went into this during what is possibly the worst time to farewell an iconic aircraft. Just to remind some of the younger viewers, at one time Qantas was a one type airline. Nowadays thats called the low cost model.

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

B E W D I F U L L L ...................................

Ta Muchly Mr 'D'........

Cheeerrrsss..........

[oicur12.again]

Originally Posted by C441

Scheduled 11:00am ex-LAX with an 11:30 arrival VCV Friday morning LAX time…..
If you get any decent shots there's a few here who wouldn't mind seeing 'em!

Thanks for the info, finally nailed down a day. Friday it is.

And yes, pics will be forthcoming to the best of my . . ahem . . .ability.

[towrope]

I grew up in a Boeing family. I saw the first flights of the 727, 737, 747, 757 and 767. I got to ride on a test flight of an SP that was destined for the Saudi government. We did stalls, very tight turns and all sorts of things I had never before (or since) experienced in any aircraft.
For some reason the mass retirement of the 747 makes me weepy.

Edit: It's just now circling before landing at Mohave according to Flightaware. I hope C441 knew it was going to Mohave.
Update: An era is over now.

[oicur12.again]

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[machtuk]

A few months from now no one will give this a second thought! Everything ends at some time or another!

[Fris B. Fairing]

Originally Posted by machtuk

A few months from now no one will give this a second thought!

Not everyone!