Comments on: Top 10 airlines still flying the Boeing 747/2020/03/02/top-10-airlines-still-flying-the-boeing-747/travel your dreams in styleMon, 02 Mar 2020 23:41:42 +0000hourly1By: Ian Hudson/2020/03/02/top-10-airlines-still-flying-the-boeing-747/#comment-174764Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:41:42 +0000/?p=240455#comment-174764Don’t forget the 747SP. This aeroplane opened up the Pacific, with non stop services for the first time between the west coast of USA and airports in Asia, Australia and New Zealand. It was a joy not having to stop in Hawaii to refuel.

]]>By: Francis Bagbey/2020/03/02/top-10-airlines-still-flying-the-boeing-747/#comment-174763Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:57:43 +0000/?p=240455#comment-174763Yes, flew a BA 747 first class to Heathrow from JFK in June 1985. Up in The Hump. Loved it. Got invited to the cockpit, which I had never seen on any commercial airliner. “Look. Ma, no hands!” On autopilot, cockpit crew chatting away as the clouds below drifted by, no worries in the world.

FYI, flew home on Concorde. Another great aviation experience. Just wish I had signed up for one last flight as soon as its discontinuance was announced.

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