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Last 747 Delivery

Postby ZK-DWF » Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:58 am

Saw this on FlightRadar24 today ... Atlas Air from Boeing Factory, Seattle to Cincinnati ... nice touch

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Re: Last 747 Delivery

Postby emfrat » Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:50 am

:clap: :clap: :clap:
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'Propliner' is actually short for 'Proper airliner, with big rumbly radials'

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Re: Last 747 Delivery

Postby deeknow » Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:19 pm

Hah, that is AWESOME !!! what a send-off

For anyone running the Posky 748 there's a repaint for this final machine out already
https://forums.flightsim.com/files/file ... ODAhe5rfsU

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PS here's a link for the flight DWF shows above https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... /#2f0b1162
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Re: Last 747 Delivery

Postby Splitpin » Thu Feb 02, 2023 4:22 pm

:wub:
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Re: Last 747 Delivery

Postby ZK-DWF » Fri Feb 03, 2023 3:06 pm

Here's Sam Chui's video of the last Boeing 747 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs1QVMOGd_g
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Re: Last 747 Delivery

Postby Splitpin » Fri Feb 03, 2023 5:47 pm

Wonderful stuff , thanks for posting.
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Re: Last 747 Delivery

Postby ZK-DWF » Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:08 am

Probably stating the obvious, but I didn't realise till now that the last Boeing 747 was painted differently on each side. I thought parts of Sam Chui's video was stock footage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4H25_ZM_M
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