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Whatever its future, that is one monster plane I would love to see fly. Given the 747 has no future now and even the A380 is not that popular and might vanish,
by coldcode 6y ago
Whatever its future, that is one monster plane I would love to see fly. Given the 747 has no future now and even the A380 is not that popular and might vanish, we may never see such a huge plane again.
- zhte415 6y agoSaw it once visiting DLC, probably the only time visiting that airport, this was ~2008. The airport is pretty downtown; fences at each end of the runway (3,300m, pretty tight) were removed and the motorway immediately adjunct to the airport shut down. It was reported as delivering oil/gas supplies for the shipyard and no smaller plane could do it. Searched for a local media report but seems pains of time mean they're no longer up.
- kilroy123 6y ago747s are still used for cargo. I saw one fly over my head just yesterday.
- kjs3 6y agoYeah...while there probably won't be many/any new 747s built, they'll probably be flying cargo for many decades. Last II knew, FedEx was still flying 25 or so Douglas DC-10 cargos, more than 30 years after the last one was built.