747 Farewell

[PPRuNeUser0201]

Geezus some of you blokes are hard to please there is no FU to anyone. This is purely what it is, an opportunity to do something cool and historic. There is no scandal, there is no negativity associated with this I assure you. And it’s news to me that the marketing gurus, gmc or anyone in QF (or aviation industry) caused COVID.
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[Capn Bloggs]

How many waypoints in the FMS for that?! Tap tap tap quicker, FO (Capt in RHS) Bloggs, the head's coming up!!!!!

[601]

Just about as good as the Marree Man.

Never on the payroll at QF, but I did manage to score a few circuits in the 747 sim in 1980.
Thanks Reg

[beachbumflyer]

Originally Posted by onehitwonder

Where are all the aerosexuals?

Certainly interesting watching the footage, and now i believe they're drawing a kangaroo FL190 over the pacific?

What is an aerosexual?

[Pugilistic Animus]

Originally Posted by 601

Just about as good as the Marree Man.

Never on the payroll at QF, but I did manage to score a few circuits in the 747 sim in 1980.
Thanks Reg

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

[Lew747]

Originally Posted by Capn Bloggs

How many waypoints in the FMS for that?! Tap tap tap quicker, FO (Capt in RHS) Bloggs, the head's coming up!!!!!

Good question...How is this route programmed into the FMS? Many individual coordinates and pseudo waypoints made manually by the flight crew? Or is made by the flight planning dept/ inserted on a nav database to be accessed or uplinked by the crew?

[C441]

Originally Posted by compressor stall

Best ask those in or formerly of QF facing mounting mortgage payments.

Your comments are noted on another forum and those you refer to with mounting personal costs to cover, think it's a brilliant gesture to send off an iconic aircraft for Qantas and aviation as a whole. Thankfully most of these Pilots can still smile and laugh despite the tough times they're living with.

How is this route programmed into the FMS? Many individual coordinates and pseudo waypoints made manually by the flight crew? Or is made by the flight planning dept/ inserted on a nav database to be accessed or uplinked by the crew?

The planning would have been done over some time and the route would have been 'built' as, say, SYDLAX747, then loaded pre-flight, probably in an alternate route so as not to be 'seen' by the inquisitive before being activated in-flight.

[Ragnor]

I don’t know a Pilot who doesn’t love the 747, shame to see it go.

out of curiosity how were the flight crew picked? Most senior so flying with all Captains of most senior in rank?

[blubak]

Originally Posted by Flying_higher

Geezus some of you blokes are hard to please there is no FU to anyone. This is purely what it is, an opportunity to do something cool and historic. There is no scandal, there is no negativity associated with this I assure you. And it’s news to me that the marketing gurus, gmc or anyone in QF (or aviation industry) caused COVID.
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You are 100% correct,nobody that you have mentioned caused this & to start complaining about the events of the past few days is really pretty inappropriate considering the history of the 747 in qf livery & to all who have spent many years of their careers working in or on this icon.
I was also impressed with AJ & his ability to involve as many as possible.

[Fris B. Fairing]

I would like to express my personal thanks to the clever, caring people who engineered yesterday’s display of 21st century aerial art, even though we all knew that it was the aeroplane saying goodbye. The day promised to be one of sadness, and it was, but you soothed the sadness and replaced the tears of sadness with tears of pride. Thank you.

[zlin77]

Reported on BBC World News this morning, complete with screen shots of Flight Tracker/Radar with the logo, with a global viewing audience of millions I assume it was a pretty good bang for an advertising buck.........

[Ex747]

The route was planned out using the Jepp FD Pro app on an iPad and practised in the simulator before hand. Route up-linked to the FMC pre-flight.

[Pearly White]

Originally Posted by zlin77

Reported on BBC World News this morning, complete with screen shots of Flight Tracker/Radar with the logo, with a global viewing audience of millions I assume it was a pretty good bang for an advertising buck.........

Certainly a lot cheaper than the ads they made where the flew the children's choir all over the world.

[Pearly White]

Originally Posted by TimmyTee

They got their own logo wrong! Big FU from the planners/pilots to the hot shot marketing gurus in Coward St.

Are you the bloke who criticised the woodwind section of the orchestra playing on the Titanic as she slipped beneath the waves?

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Absolutely BLOODY BRILLIANT 'departure' msg................

CHEERS....

[Bleve]

[John Eacott]

Originally Posted by Ex747

The route was planned out using the Jepp FD Pro app on an iPad and practised in the simulator before hand. Route up-linked to the FMC pre-flight.

Here are the waypoints 👍

[Pugilistic Animus]

Originally Posted by John Eacott

Here are the waypoints 👍

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!

[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?

If anyone could help pin it down it would be much appreciated.

cheers

[Buster Hyman]

Planning already underway for the A380...