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I have these two Data plates from two French 747-400s I cut up in 2021. I have a 737-500, 747-200, 747-300, A319, A320 and a bunch of others I can't remember for now. My plan it to gold leaf them all into one picture frame with 50 aircraft in one frame.

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I cut this out of one of them for the company reception, looks really good.

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Twocats Twocats
I have these two Data plates from two French 747-400s I cut up in 2021. I have a 737-500, 747-200, 747-300, A319, A320 and a bunch of others I can't remember for now. My plan it to gold leaf them all into one picture frame with 50 aircraft in one frame.

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I love this forum
We have guy who breaks Boeings
 
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Spacefruit Spacefruit
I love this forum
We have guy who breaks Boeings
I also make art out of them...
 
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Chopping her up in Spain at the moment. Spot the speedy….

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Twocats Twocats
Chopping her up in Spain at the moment. Spot the speedy….

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Any idea on the year of production for this one? Those cockpit details look fabulously mid-century.
 
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Any idea on the year of production for this one? Those cockpit details look fabulously mid-century.
She was born the day before Paddy's day 1994.

https://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b747-25703.htm

I just checked our files, she only flew 84000 hours and 12300 cycles which is low time in my opinion as we have some in the fleet touching 110,000 hours.
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Any idea on the year of production for this one? Those cockpit details look fabulously mid-century.
You need to check out the interior of the new Ineos Grenadier, they did the panels just like a commercial aircraft. needless to say I have ordered one without ever test driving it.
 
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What I find amazing about the layout of the 1994 cockpit (as someone who is not in aviation) is how distinctly 1965 it looks. The knurling on the knobs, the toggles and switches, the angles of the levers, the bold and legible fonts- the tactile and ergonomic nature of everything.
As a photographer, this is something many of us old timers have bemoaned- the loss of mechanical feedback and ergonomics when interacting with the gear. Scrolling 15 menus to disable a “feature” takes time and thought away from the task at hand whereas a switch with detents can be used on the fly without actually looking at it.
 
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I consider this cockpit modern as I cut my teeth on the B707-300s, 727-100/200s and they were steam gauge technology in comparison to this.

Then you see brother Maddog's cockpit shots in the 737NG you can see the same lay out with the same switches and font although bigger CRT's and less clutter.

Now step into the A350 cockpit and that bloody thing has a keyboard for the pilots.
 
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I’ve never flown on a 747. My first experience flying was in 1962. Two of us took a 240 mile trip on a Trans Canada Airlines (now Air Canada) DC-3! Never exceeded 8,000 feet elevation. I’ve flown many times since then, but I am eternally grateful that I have flown on a DC-3. I have flown on a Fairchild 2100. Never again!
 
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I’ve never flown on a 747. My first experience flying was in 1962. Two of us took a 240 mile trip on a Trans Canada Airlines (now Air Canada) DC-3! Never exceeded 8,000 feet elevation. I’ve flown many times since then, but I am eternally grateful that I have flown on a DC-3. I have flown on a Fairchild 2100. Never again!
Looks like Lufthansa is still flying 747’s into Vancouver and Toronto….it’s not too late!
 
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Any idea on the year of production for this one? Those cockpit details look fabulously mid-century.

I thought for a moment you were going to call it re dialed.
 
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I remember seeing the first PanAm 747 flying over my school in London in the late 60’s. Everyone just stopped and stared. Talk about democratizing travel. Genius product. Thank you Boeing
 
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Looks like Lufthansa is still flying 747’s into Vancouver and Toronto….it’s not too late!

Late to this thread but wanted to chime in as I've LOVED the 747 since flying back and forth to Canada on WardAir as a kid and I still get a huge kick seeing them take off and land at places like Heathrow!

It was a sad day to see United take them out of service but thankfully Lufthansa still have the Queen of the Skies flying, and if you've got some flexibility on dates and a stash of Star Alliance points, you can still get a seat in the First Class nose like I did for the World Cup (or just as cool, up top in business). Long live the Queen....

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Last chance to get a basically new 747 for your private fleet! This looks like a veiled WTS thread.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/boeing-747-vip-jet-scrapped/index.html
We looked at her and the final sales price was $55M from what I was told. It looked like a good deal until you got into the RTS (Return to Service) cost. All 4 engines had AD's against them and would have set you back about $2m per engine, LDG were due overhaul, some expensive mod's on the elevator power units and a heavy visit. couple that with an interior and you would be spending a lot of money. Another 748BBJ hit the market about 18 months ago fully dressed for the ball and a shade under $80m.
 
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Someone here has a couple of lolipop Speedy’s they can sell to snag this ride!
 
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