![]() 01/01/2017 at 01:13 • Filed to: Planelopnik | ![]() | ![]() |
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not my pic, but it looks like this one’s last fly by before the bone yard.
![]() 01/01/2017 at 01:20 |
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I’ve never flown on a 747. It’s starting to look like I need to get on the stick, unless I want to make the flight in a cargo crate.
![]() 01/01/2017 at 01:27 |
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They’re a treat. And the upper deck is the best seat in the sky. You still have some time, but in a few years they may be gone. Happy New Year!
It does look like the crew was having one last bit of fun in that one before retirement.
![]() 01/01/2017 at 01:31 |
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Sadness, but good show either way.
#1 was smoking pretty damn good too. Wow.
![]() 01/01/2017 at 01:38 |
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Hate to see another 744 go.
![]() 01/01/2017 at 01:39 |
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I’ve flown on 747s three times. Absolutely an experience.
![]() 01/01/2017 at 04:42 |
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Although slightly later, it’s got that George Kennedy
“Airport” 1970's feel. Yeah yeah, a 707 but hey, same company built them.
Cockpit qualified young man : Mr. Patroni? Don’t you hear him? Shut down.
Joe Patroni : I can’t hear a thing. There’s too much noise. Hold on. We’re GOIN FOR BROKE!
Cockpit qualified young man : [ after the plane gets out of the ditch ] The instruction book said that was impossible.
Joe Patroni : That’s one nice thing about the 707. It can do everything BUT read.
[ throws his chewed and soggy cigar over his shoulder ]
I loved flying them in business class from CA to Asia in the 90's. Always on the top deck.
![]() 01/01/2017 at 09:12 |
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Going by the trails when he puts the throttle back in at the end, are there only 3 engines spinning? Looks like the interior port side engine is not leaving a trail? Or perhaps it’s the only one running cleanly?
![]() 01/01/2017 at 11:44 |
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Other planes seem to have that kind of big bounce, and then they go up on that angle. A 747 just kind of regally floats upward. The best takeoffs ever.
![]() 01/01/2017 at 11:52 |
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Looks like all four are running, just three of them (especially engine 1) are pretty uh...inefficient?