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It was pictures like this that introduced the Jumbo to the UK, it seemed like sci-fi at the time.
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That is why I posted "like this". There was a photo on the front page of the national newspapers of a 747 coming into Heathrow, actually more spectacular than the one I posted, it looked like the plane was going to crash into the houses in the foreground, but most of all it looked MASSIVE.Nope. It was photos like in this article.
4/14/1971: BOAC Places First Boeing 747 into Service
Today in Aviation, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) placed the Boeing 747 into commercial service in 1971.
Your photo is of a BA 747-400 that was introduced to service in in July 1989. That we 18 years after BOAC introduced the 747 and 15 years after BOAC & BEA merged to form British Airways.
Nope. It was photos like in this article.
4/14/1971: BOAC Places First Boeing 747 into Service
Today in Aviation, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) placed the Boeing 747 into commercial service in 1971.
Your photo is of a BA 747-400 that was introduced to service in in July 1989. That we 18 years after BOAC introduced the 747 and 15 years after BOAC & BEA merged to form British Airways.
Oh, man ... that's horrible. In early 2002 my wife and I went to Thailand via Taiwan. She went out a week ahead of me to visit her sister who was living in Kaohsiung. Between us, we flew 5 times on China Airlines 747s - their fleet at the time was 5 aircraft. In May, one of them broke up in flight with 100% loss of life. The cause was faulty repairs for a tail bump 20 YEARS before, leading to a catastrophic failure of the after bulkhead and subsequent loss of the tail. I don't KNOW for sure we flew on that plane, but the odds are high. It still makes my skin crawl......
He is referring to China Air Lines flight 611. It suffered a tail strike in 1980. The repair of the tailstrike was not done IAW the Boeing Structural Repair Manual (SRM). 22 years later in 2002, the incorrect repair failed causing the 747 to break up in flight killing all 225 souls on board.
China Airlines Flight 611 - Wikipedia
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for my misunderstanding.
Absolutely no need to apologize, sirThanks for the correction, and apologies to
As I recall, I didn't learn of the crash myself until sometime afterwards.... maybe other events were dominating the news back then?
