Boeing unveils new 747-8 Intercontinental

[rab-k]

BBC news item here



Recon they should've called it the Boeing 74%-380

[PAPI-74]

Looks just right to me.

If it ain't Boeing, I'm not going!

[Heathrow Harry]

'mazing what a new paint job can do to an old banger eh?

[Skipness One Echo]

If it ain't Boeing, I'm not going!

Really? You demand an airliner of 100+ seats? Well that's a fair number of interesting airports you'll never see then.

Short runway /= narrow mind

[EW73]

What a lot of rubbish bespoken here!

[mutt]

You demand an airliner of 100+ seats?

That's the perfect amount of seats for this monster...... bring it on... delivery by the end of the year..

Mutt

[fc101]

'mazing what a new paint job can do to an old banger eh?

Must say, she looks good for a 1960's cargo plane... ;-)

fc101
E145 Driver

[arem]

Much better looking than that seriously ugly beast from fairybus

[DERG]

Agreed

Was over on the Australian thread an someone posted that the A388 looked like 2 A330s glued together..best description yet to my mind.

[ZOOKER]

It's a shame Boeing's house colours/livery is so s*ite.
Especially when you consider the magnificent colour schemes which have adorned this machine over the years.
747 vv A380? NO CONTEST! Boeing every-time!

[pwalhx]

In the interest of balance, much prefer the A380 myself

[chiglet]

I understand the ATC designation is B74RV..... for Re Vamp

[SNS3Guppy]

The longer upper deck looks ugly.

[WingSlinger]

The most beautiful machine ever built.

[ZFT]

That's stretching things a bit

[Willoz269]

Too little, too late...this is Boeing's 2011 equivalent of the 767-400....a knee jerk reaction to counter a new model (the 767-400 was Boeing's counter to the A330 and failed miserably)....

After telling the market not to buy A380s because the market did not need an aircraft that size, they had to come up with something quick because...they were wrong yet again.

Sadly, the Boeing company that deserved the motto "If it Ain't Boeing I Ain't Going" no longer exists.