Iconic Aircraft Aviation Forum

by **Wedgy** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:15 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7880808.stm

by **Mayfly** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:01 pm

cricky doesn't seem 40yrs......

by **Saracenman** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:26 pm

incredible machines!

changed air-travel forever!

I've spent many happy years wandering around under 747s at LGW/LHR - they never ceased to impress me! B-)

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by **Spitfire** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:31 pm

I remember flying to New York from Heathrow in 1970 as a teenager -I was in a TWA 707 and we were queuing on a taxiway to take off and there was a delay - the pilot asked if anyone wanted to come up to the cockpit to see 'one of the new Jumbo Jets' and I went up ... looking out of the front windows all I could see was wheels and jokingly said - 'so where is it'... the captain says - 'Up there' .. pointing up ... we were parked UNDER its tail =))

by **RLN** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:34 am

Mayfly wrote:cricky doesn't seem 40yrs......

I know what you mean. It always amazes me how they get in the air, but after seeing the A380 at Farnborough the 747 is just a pup.

by **Saracenman** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:47 pm

one little tale i recall during my time at LGW was a visit by a 747SP - the shortened one...

i'd never seen one before, and i forget which airline it was, but it was the official transport of the President of somewhere like Malaysia. i got on board and was surrounded by tiny little oriental women - not one of them over 4' 10" =))

to cap it all off, one offered me a drink - then brought me a half-height can of Coke! =))

even the sick bags were tiny - i began to wonder if I'd stumbled into Gulliver's world =))

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by **Mayfly** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:04 pm

Saracenman wrote:one little tale i recall during my time at LGW was a visit by a 747SP - the shortened one...

i'd never seen one before, and i forget which airline it was, but it was the official transport of the President of somewhere like Malaysia. i got on board and was surrounded by tiny little oriental women - not one of them over 4' 10"

to cap it all off, one offered me a drink - then brought me a half-height can of Coke!

even the sick bags were tiny - i began to wonder if I'd stumbled into Gulliver's world

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so you felt right at home then =))