QF B747SP
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QF B747SP
Just heard the Qantas B747SP's are to be removed from service in approx. 10 weeks and disposed of.
If true, I will miss seeing them especially landing and taking off.
If true, I will miss seeing them especially landing and taking off.
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Yeah, it looks that way. Not sure when they're due to be retired from service but according to the Boeing website, the two SPs are up for sale as of November.
The -200s are due to start being sold off starting in August 2004 but it looks as though the -300s will be around for quite some time yet.
If you're in the market for a second hand 747, goes well, good service history, all documents and manuals, racing car red on white, check out: http://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/...rts/747-2.html
So the Classics are finally, albeit painfully slowly, on their way out. For better or worse
Welcome to the 21st century coal-shovellers!!
The -200s are due to start being sold off starting in August 2004 but it looks as though the -300s will be around for quite some time yet.
If you're in the market for a second hand 747, goes well, good service history, all documents and manuals, racing car red on white, check out: http://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/...rts/747-2.html
So the Classics are finally, albeit painfully slowly, on their way out. For better or worse
Welcome to the 21st century coal-shovellers!!
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take a look at http://www.plane,art.com/listings.as...acturer=BOEING - then select your type - shows all the a/c QF are currently looking to get rid of, and their availability dates. 2x74Ls become available 11/2001; 3x742s are listed as 'call' (actually there are a couple of other P&W 747-238s being flogged by other operators also); 2x742 Combis are also listed as 'call'; NO 743s are listed; 7x762ERs are listed available at different times from 05/2003 - 06/2004. NO 733s, 734s, 763s or 744s are listed.
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Sorry - URL link is http://www.planemart.com/models.aspt...acturer=BOEING And let's face it, the Classics have been on the way out since the first 744 did that epic trip from LHR.
I watched the first ever 747 arrive in WLG NZ. It was a QF sp, I wasn't even in my teens. Last week, whilst on the ramp. I watched a Qf SP depart AKL. Brought back a lot of memories. I don't ever recall seeing one in between, quite a beautiful craft.
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Thanks XP - Saw that - the SP's look like 'low' timers - probably real bargains! (Any idea what they are worth?) Couldn't help noticing that the QF 747's are a bit on the high side - guess there's no significance in that - perhaps they just fly further. Notice there was a couple of (not QF) 100's with 100K plus. When do you call it a day with a 747?
Interesting Website at Boeing there.
Interesting Website at Boeing there.
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From SLF point of view, retiring these old birds cant come soon enough. They are a shambles inside. Very tight spaces especially at the window seats where the fuse tapers in. My guess is that the DVT issue has escalated their demise!
