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(Twitter)   After over 50 years of production, Boeing delivers the very last 747 today at 4pm EST (1PM PST). From now on you will only fly on twin engine planes, but you don't have to like it   (twitter.com) divider line
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205 clicks; posted to STEM » on 31 Jan 2023 at 2:20 PM (6 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Original [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 11:40:22 AM  
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Carter Pewterschmidt [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 1:00:51 PM  
The A380 is still flying subby, and I'm pretty sure it has four engines.

/Have flown Emirates to Dubai in one.
 
zedster [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 1:37:49 PM  

Carter Pewterschmidt: The A380 is still flying subby, and I'm pretty sure it has four engines.

/Have flown Emirates to Dubai in one.


A380 is also out of production

The only 4 engine still "in production" is the Ilyushin Il-96 which hasn't built a new unit since 2017 but they claim is still in active production
 
Glockenspiel Hero [OhFark]
2023-01-31 2:29:24 PM  

zedster: Carter Pewterschmidt: The A380 is still flying subby, and I'm pretty sure it has four engines.

/Have flown Emirates to Dubai in one.

A380 is also out of production

The only 4 engine still "in production" is the Ilyushin Il-96 which hasn't built a new unit since 2017 but they claim is still in active production


Not only is the A380 out of production, but they will all be rotting in the boneyards long before the last 747 stops flying.  Boeing hit a home run with a cargo aircraft that turned out to be ideal for people too.
 
emersonbiggins
2023-01-31 2:31:56 PM  
Thanks to the Russians, six engine planes are also a thing of folklore now too
 
whither_apophis [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 2:58:42 PM  

Glockenspiel Hero: zedster: Carter Pewterschmidt: The A380 is still flying subby, and I'm pretty sure it has four engines.

/Have flown Emirates to Dubai in one.

A380 is also out of production

The only 4 engine still "in production" is the Ilyushin Il-96 which hasn't built a new unit since 2017 but they claim is still in active production

Not only is the A380 out of production, but they will all be rotting in the boneyards long before the last 747 stops flying.  Boeing hit a home run with a cargo aircraft that turned out to be ideal for people too.


The A380 would still be in production if everyone had been using the same design program at the start. They had to scrap the cargo version when they discovered wiring plans were messed up.
 
clear_prop [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 3:06:39 PM  

Glockenspiel Hero: Not only is the A380 out of production, but they will all be rotting in the boneyards long before the last 747 stops flying.  Boeing hit a home run with a cargo aircraft that turned out to be ideal for people too.


Seventeen A380s have been scrapped already, and about half the total production is parked or stored.  Other than Emirates, most of the other operators don't have a way to full utilize an A380's capacity.  Emirates owns about half of all A380s produced.

Due to its design, there is no way to make an A380 into a cargo aircraft, so it has no secondary market.
 
clear_prop [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 4:05:56 PM  
Nice touch having the last flags be Pan Am (first customer) and Atlas (final customer).
 
Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 4:15:23 PM  
"From now on you will only fly on twin engine planes, but you don't have to like it"

Until we get to those electric planes with five or ten propellors on each wing.
 
logieal [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-31 4:47:15 PM  
Man, I really need to get on that bucket list item of flying on a 747...
 
clear_prop [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 4:56:55 PM  

logieal: Man, I really need to get on that bucket list item of flying on a 747...


Better get on board soon.  Only Lufthansa, Korean, and Air China fly the 747-8.  The 747-400 is rare in passenger service these days.
 
Carter Pewterschmidt [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 5:32:35 PM  

clear_prop: logieal: Man, I really need to get on that bucket list item of flying on a 747...

Better get on board soon.  Only Lufthansa, Korean, and Air China fly the 747-8.  The 747-400 is rare in passenger service these days.


Just get elected POTUS. The new 747s will be flying for another twenty years.
 
zedster [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 5:57:44 PM  

clear_prop: logieal: Man, I really need to get on that bucket list item of flying on a 747...

Better get on board soon.  Only Lufthansa, Korean, and Air China fly the 747-8.  The 747-400 is rare in passenger service these days.


Protip, if flying coach as a couple the back seats where it drops to two are great minus you are away from the window
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Mad_Radhu
2023-01-31 7:38:16 PM  

zedster: clear_prop: logieal: Man, I really need to get on that bucket list item of flying on a 747...

Better get on board soon.  Only Lufthansa, Korean, and Air China fly the 747-8.  The 747-400 is rare in passenger service these days.

Protip, if flying coach as a couple the back seats where it drops to two are great minus you are away from the window
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Yeah, but you are right next to the bathrooms.
 
fat boy
2023-01-31 8:28:51 PM  
Flew on 747s several times on Asiana in the late 90s. Amazing birds. Got bumped upstairs from Seoul to Manila once also
 
scanman61
2023-01-31 9:47:18 PM  

zedster: Carter Pewterschmidt: The A380 is still flying subby, and I'm pretty sure it has four engines.

/Have flown Emirates to Dubai in one.

A380 is also out of production

The only 4 engine still "in production" is the Ilyushin Il-96 which hasn't built a new unit since 2017 but they claim is still in active production


They're waiting on parts
 
Carter Pewterschmidt [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 10:10:08 PM  

scanman61: zedster: Carter Pewterschmidt: The A380 is still flying subby, and I'm pretty sure it has four engines.

/Have flown Emirates to Dubai in one.

A380 is also out of production

The only 4 engine still "in production" is the Ilyushin Il-96 which hasn't built a new unit since 2017 but they claim is still in active production

They're waiting on parts


And lemon soaked paper napkins.

/Obscure?
 
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