1969 documentary on the coming "Jumbo Age"

[SQUAWKIDENT]

Originally Posted by tdracer

Why do you say the jumbo age is over? Quad engine jumbos - yes, but jumbos not really. The 777-9X can carry the same number of passengers (in a similar class mix) as the 747-200 - with better range to boot.



Yes, when 'light' they could cruise at 43k.

Thank you! I remember I had my small Sharp Airband receiver with me on the flight and was sure they'd accepted a climb to at least FL410. First flight ever and the highest altitude I have flown since! I guess they fuelled up in Rome for the rest of the flight to Tokyo.

[SpringHeeledJack]

Didn't JAL have dedicated mx/ground crew for each of their 747's back inthe day, so as to engender an unrivalled 'intimacy' between crew and individual aircraft ? This was told to me by a Japanese colleague when I spent time in Tokyo early 90's. If this is true, might it have been a reaction to the 747SR crash in 1985 ?