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42 Years ago today......

I was very fortunate, as I was a System test instrumentation engineer on the 747. I had 22 flights and 75 Flt hours on the #2 test plane. I was also involved in the test of the first 747F. I had 14 flights and 29 Flt hours on that one.

Those were really the "Good Old Days". Loved every minute of it. Spent 33 years at Boeing and nearly all of it in Flt Test of some sort.

Tom
 
I grew up on Long Island. I remember laying on the beach in the summer and watching the 747's flying into JFK from Europe, and those heading over there. I thought it was amazing that something that big could fly. I also come from a TWA family, and used to go to Hangar 13 at JFK with my Grandfather and was allowed to go into the hangar and crawl all over these things, along with 707's, 880's, Connies, etc. Not too long until she's 50!! Another DC-3!

Don
 
I was lucky enough to get a tour of an Aer Lingus 747 (inc. cockpit) back in the early 80's...never had the opportunity to fly in one though. I saw a couple of A380's up close last week (Singapore Airlines and Air France versions) and as big as the 747-400's are that were on the ramp/at boarding gates...the Airbus dwarfed them.
 
frankwi said:
... We were shown how to fold up all the arms on the seats in the middle row, and with the addition of a blanket and pillow, it made for a very nice bed...
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I had a flight KSFO-YSSY with a buddy I met by chance in San Francisco.
He was very pleased, having been comp'd a first-class seat no less, for the journey.
For some reason cattle-class was all but empty, and most of us did the fold-down-blanket-and-pillow thing. And had 2 and a 1/2 hostesses each. I couldn't help but smile when I saw the look on the guy's face when I told him about the trip. :mixedsmi:
Lovely stable aircraft and damn' fast, too.
 
Yep, some of my "Pacific Crossings" in 747s were in nearly empty planes, and that makes the long trip bearable. I'm sure the airline hated it though. We could get up, walk around, etc.
 
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