OT Last 747 Delivery flight

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Really cool flightpath easter egg for the last Boeing 747 to be delivered.

Last 747 Delivery

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Cool. Thanks for sharing.

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I am still not convinced, that this was really the last delivery of a 747…

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Boeing seems to think it is.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/end-of-the-line-and-into-the-air-for-the-last-747-boeing-will-build/

The U.S. President doesn’t have his new birds yet but they are VC-25Bs, not 747s.

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They’re still the 747 airframe. They were built over a decade ago as 747-8Is (for a Russian customer that went out of business before taking delivery) and are being refit as VC-25Bs.

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Technically it is “delivery of the last 747 built”.

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Yes, I know. And a Lockheed L-100 and a C-130 use the same basic airframe but one is not the other. The manufacturer says it was the last 747. That’s good enough for me.

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VC-25B is only a US-Military Code for the 747, that are no different Models!

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The Size of a 747 will also be necessary in the future for certain special needs, and there is no market for a complete new development.
So it was not the last 747 that has been build for sure.
Within the Aviation Industry there are a lot of uncertainties, but one think is always true:
“Those declared dead live longer”… :wink: