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Jul 21, 2020 · The final 747-400 in the fleet will depart Sydney 22 July 2020 as flight QF7474. (Photo by David Gray/Getty Images) The Boeing 747 changed the aviation industry in many ways. An iconic aircraft, loved by many, it is sadly now being retied by many airlines. With the new 747-8, though, the 747 is not going anywhere soon.
Range for the -400 was everything a U.S.-based carrier could ask for at the time: New York to Tokyo or Seoul, Los Angeles to Sydney or Hong Kong, without any restriction to load, and largely using procedures and training in place for earlier 747 models. Northwest would ultimately acquire 16 of these aircraft for its highest-profile routes.
The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747. The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting a 10% cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1,000 nautical miles [nmi] of additional range.
The 747-400 was the next-generation Boeing 747 introduced in 1989. It is the best-selling variant of the Boeing 747. It includes improvements over the 747-300 including new engines, and new winglets, which improve fuel efficiency.
Jun 19, 2020 · 19 June 2020. By Stephen Dowling,Features correspondent. Getty Images. It became an icon of long-haul travel and exotic holidays; Boeing’s 747 could fly more people further than any plane...
The heavier 747-400 with improved RB211 and CF6 engines or the new PW4000 engine (the JT9D successor), and a two-crew glass cockpit, was introduced in 1989 and is the most common variant. After several studies, the stretched 747-8 was launched on November 14, 2005, with new General Electric GEnx engines, and was first delivered in October 2011.
Sep 28, 2018 · BBC Future looks at the career of the plane that shrank the world. Boeing Corporation. The Boeing 747 was unveiled to a crowd of thousands on 30 September 1968, at the new Everett factory...
