Big Bird

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 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.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 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.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 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.

whoarder is tellurium > f86sabre 01/01/2017 at 01:31

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Sadness, but good show either way.

#1 was smoking pretty damn good too. Wow.

Viggen > f86sabre 01/01/2017 at 01:38

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Hate to see another 744 go.

Viggen > ttyymmnn 01/01/2017 at 01:39

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I’ve flown on 747s three times. Absolutely an experience.

orcim > f86sabre 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.

comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer > f86sabre 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?

Chasaboo > ttyymmnn 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.

Mercedes Streeter > comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer 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?