Last ever 747 has left the factory

[India Four Two]

Nice to see they did it near the Moses Lake flight test airfield.



And a 500' fly by at Paine Field after takeoff.

[jettison valve]

Seems like N863GT flew back to PAE today (5Y88), having sat at CVG for the whole two weeks since delivery.
Per FR24, it parked on the Boeing ramp apparently.

Anyone knows why it came back to PAE?
Picking up freight? Or somebody unhappy with the a/c…?

[Liffy 1M]

Post #469 here indicates that it is for a further ceremony, involving Apex / Kuehne + Nagel.

[jettison valve]

Originally Posted by Liffy 1M

Post #469 here indicates that it is for a further ceremony, involving Apex / Kuehne + Nagel.

ah, ok - thanks! 👍

[EDLB]

As we are at it. Is there any civil 4 holer left in production?

[Less Hair]

Il-76 and Il-96.

[hans brinker]

Originally Posted by Less Hair

Il-76 and Il-96.

not very "civil"

[Less Hair]

In theory both are available as new built commercial freighters. The 76 even just got engine upgrades.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Less Hair

In theory both are available as new built commercial freighters. The 76 even just got engine upgrades.

AFAIK, the Il-96-500T (the only proposed freighter variant) never got beyond the drawing board.

[Less Hair]

The first Il-96-400M is under construction. A reconfigured old fuselage. It took years but legally it is "in production". This is what was asked for above.
https://www.flugrevue.de/zivil/iljus...doch-in-serie/

[tdracer]

Originally Posted by Less Hair

The first Il-96-400M is under construction. A reconfigured old fuselage. It took years but legally it is "in production". This is what was asked for above.
https://www.flugrevue.de/zivil/iljus...doch-in-serie/

I'm not sure I consider a single prototype - in final assembly for over 3 years - of a design that doesn't appear to have any prospect of actually being produced in numbers - as "in production".

[Less Hair]

They certainly take their time. In April 2021 they built another 96-300 for the Russian government's Rossiya airline. This one could considered to have been military, but -once in a while- they still build new quads.

Is there any civil 4 holer left in production?

Video-Blogger Sam Chui onboard a civil Il-76 with the new engines.
https://samchui.com/2022/06/12/trip-.../#.Y_EtYi9Xby8

[EDLB]

Hmm. 2 pilots, 1 flight engineer 1 navigator all on their own stations. Hard to imagine that O'Leary will buy some of those.
Thanks for the link.

[Less Hair]

Four engines for mid haul.

[megan]

2 pilots, 1 flight engineer 1 navigator all on their own stations

Undermanned, what happened to the radio operator?

[treadigraph]

Originally Posted by megan

Undermanned, what happened to the radio operator?

And the bomb aimer...