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BOEING 747-8 (N861GT)
"Boeing 702 Heavy" departing a cloudy Everett for Portland to receive its Atlas Air paint job. This is one of the final three 747s on order and this will very soon be a scene of the past after 53 iconic years. What a bittersweet moment. Long live the Queen!
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It has been sad to see the decline of any B747s in the skies. I worked on several Queens of the Skies at Air New Zealand. One of them ZK-NBT is pictured in this weeks Popular Photos' Initial thoughts back in the 1970s was that they were to big to fly! How wrong we were! To fly in one on a test flight of a commersial sector was to realise just how this machine wanted to fly. What a beautiful wing to look out over. To feel it move when walking out to a wing tip. 9 In maintenance and not on jacks of course! A truly great machine. Hansomely beautiful in the air as well. So graceful when compared with todays 'Super Dinasoar' the A380!
Agreed. Boeing used to make beautiful planes (B-17 etc) and the A-380 is truly hideous.
Truly a bittersweet moment. In a few years to come, we would see both Passenger and Cargo Airlines asking for this beauty once again. Just as the 757. Two wonderful aircraft.
I think since 1969 nobody will forget the 747.. A PLANE!!
One of my favorite four aircraft of all time. The beauty and versatility of the 747, also the simple but eloquent DC3, The grace and longevity of the B52 and the power and whistling sounds of the twin engine F4 Phantom.
Always will be THE BOSS.
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| Date | Aircraft | Origin | Destination | Departure | Arrival | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2025 | B748 | Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport (NLU / MMSM) | Miami Intl (KMIA) | 10:35AM CST | 02:03PM EST | 2:28 |
| 12-Jan-2025 | B748 | Zaragoza (ZAZ / LEZG) | Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport (NLU / MMSM) | 03:35AM CET | 08:04AM CST | 11:29 |
| 11-Jan-2025 | Unknown | Heydar Aliyev Int'l (GYD / UBBB) | Zaragoza (ZAZ / LEZG) | 09:05PM +04 | 11:56PM CET | 5:50 |
| 11-Jan-2025 | Unknown | Near Baotou, Inner Mongolia | Heydar Aliyev Int'l (GYD / UBBB) | First seen 03:59PM CST | 06:21PM +04 | 6:21 |
| 11-Jan-2025 | Unknown | Almaty (ALA / UAAA) | Near Baotou, Inner Mongolia | 02:45AM +05 | Last seen 08:51AM CST | 3:06 |
| 10-Jan-2025 | Unknown | Zaragoza (ZAZ / LEZG) | Almaty (ALA / UAAA) | 01:02PM CET | 12:25AM +05 (+1) | 7:23 |
| 09-Jan-2025 | B748 | Los Angeles Intl (KLAX) | Zaragoza (ZAZ / LEZG) | 02:57PM PST | 10:14AM CET (+1) | 10:17 |
| 09-Jan-2025 | B748 | Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport (NLU / MMSM) | Los Angeles Intl (KLAX) | 05:54AM CST | 07:17AM PST | 3:23 |
| 09-Jan-2025 | B748 | Miami Intl (KMIA) | Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport (NLU / MMSM) | 01:41AM EST | 03:27AM CST | 2:46 |
| 08-Jan-2025 | B748 | Zaragoza (ZAZ / LEZG) | Miami Intl (KMIA) | 07:28PM CET | 10:47PM EST | 9:18 |
| 05-Jan-2025 | Unknown | Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS / EHAM) | Zaragoza (ZAZ / LEZG) | 11:59AM CET | 01:57PM CET | 1:58 |
| 04-Jan-2025 | B748 | Miami Intl (KMIA) | Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS / EHAM) | 07:12PM EST | 09:35AM CET (+1) | 8:23 |
| 04-Jan-2025 | B748 | Mariscal Sucre Int'l (UIO / SEQM) | Miami Intl (KMIA) | 12:40PM -05 | 03:55PM EST | 3:15 |
| 04-Jan-2025 | Unknown | El Dorado Int'l (BOG / SKBO) | Mariscal Sucre Int'l (UIO / SEQM) | 08:50AM -05 | 09:58AM -05 | 1:08 |
| 04-Jan-2025 | B748 | Miami Intl (KMIA) | El Dorado Int'l (BOG / SKBO) | 03:30AM EST | 06:38AM -05 | 3:07 |
| 02-Jan-2025 | B748 | Zaragoza (ZAZ / LEZG) | Miami Intl (KMIA) | 12:05AM CET | 03:05AM EST | 9:00 |
| 01-Jan-2025 | Unknown | Zhengzhou Xinzheng Int'l (CGO / ZHCC) | Zaragoza (ZAZ / LEZG) | 03:34PM CST | 08:59PM CET | 12:25 |
| 31-Dec-2024 | Unknown | Zaragoza (ZAZ / LEZG) | Zhengzhou Xinzheng Int'l (CGO / ZHCC) | 05:21PM CET | 12:05PM CST (+1) | 11:44 |
| 31-Dec-2024 | Unknown | Sharjah Int'l (SHJ / OMSJ) | Zaragoza (ZAZ / LEZG) | 09:31AM +04 | 01:39PM CET | 7:08 |
| 31-Dec-2024 | Unknown | Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Int'l (BKK / VTBS) | Sharjah Int'l (SHJ / OMSJ) | 03:42AM +07 | 07:04AM +04 | 6:22 |
| 30-Dec-2024 | Unknown | King Khalid Int'l (RUH / OERK) | Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Int'l (BKK / VTBS) | 01:36PM +03 | 12:08AM +07 (+1) | 6:32 |
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