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Why Pilots love flying the 747
The design, power, and cockpit foot heaters that make the 747 feel like home to pilots. (www.slate.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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As a passenger, the 747 is my choice. Flying in heavy weather on those big birds is a feeling of comfort. NRT to SIN in December is always an adventure with the high headwinds. On one flight in 2012 had a ground speed of less than 300 kph at 41000. The head wind was being displayed at 150+ kph. The 747 was rock solid. Did the same flight on a 772er in 2014 and was bounced around to the point the flight attendants buckled up with the shoulder straps.
It's such a shame that fuel prices and the efficiency of the 777 practically killed the 747. But we do have a few 747-8i for a few more years.
Yeah, they'll be around for awhile but will eventually go the way of the 380. They can't carry the # of pax but they are a lot more flexible as far as destinations go. They will live a long life as a freighter after the pax are gone.
And it will be the next presidential airplane.
When the 747 was new, it was town news that it would be at KSJC. It had a short fuselage was really stout and stocky quite a site. When passing by KSFO, its still satisfying to see one of those, larger and grown up, magnificent birds.