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Feb 9^th, 2009 at 8:03pm

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Reply #1 - Feb 17^th, 2009 at 4:22pm

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Its amazing how an airplane is that old and is still be used tremedously.

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Reply #2 - Feb 26^th, 2009 at 3:24pm

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tcco94 wrote on Feb 17^th, 2009 at 4:22pm:

Its amazing how an airplane is that old and is still be used tremedously.

It's because they're awesome.

Long live the Queen!! Grin

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Reply #3 - Feb 26^th, 2009 at 3:36pm

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Hmmm. I thought it was older than 40. I would still prefer to fly on a 747 than any other tube.

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Reply #4 - Mar 4^th, 2009 at 11:18pm

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Well maybe Airbus is trying to replace it with its A380 but I can see the 747 still being used when I get old maybe newer models or not because of the economy Grin

but it will get better and I can only imagine when im on my death bed what will be flying in the air.

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Reply #5 - Mar 5^th, 2009 at 10:40am

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tcco94 wrote on Mar 4^th, 2009 at 11:18pm:

Well maybe Airbus is trying to replace it with its A380 but I can see the 747 still being used when I get old maybe newer models or not because of the economy Grin

but it will get better and I can only imagine when im on my death bed what will be flying in the air.

It'll easily reach 60, if not 75. To be fair, it's a decent airframe design, in which they can "easily" incorporate modern technology, as they are with the 747-8, so really it's not surprising.

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Reply #6 - Mar 8^th, 2009 at 3:03pm

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C wrote on Mar 5^th, 2009 at 10:40am:

tcco94 wrote on Mar 4^th, 2009 at 11:18pm:

Well maybe Airbus is trying to replace it with its A380 but I can see the 747 still being used when I get old maybe newer models or not because of the economy Grin

but it will get better and I can only imagine when im on my death bed what will be flying in the air.

It'll easily reach 60, if not 75. To be fair, it's a decent airframe design, in which they can "easily" incorporate modern technology, as they are with the 747-8, so really it's not surprising.

I didn't even know they were making a new 747 model, they dont really discuss it alot I guess I hear more about the 787...

It looks like a beast though-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lufthansa_747-830.jpg

Im going to guess this will be history as how old it will be until it's retired Cool

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Reply #7 - Mar 19^th, 2009 at 1:07pm

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The 747 will fly for many more years - I hope at least SAS looks into some 747-800s (if they don't go bankrupt) that could replace their transatlantic A343s and A333s.

40 years since the first Boeing 747-100 took off.. Yee-ha! Cheesy

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Reply #8 - Aug 26^th, 2009 at 10:57am

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Happy late birth day!

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