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Boeing 747 Retirement Flight

A Boeing lands on a very short and very narrow runway for display in an aviation museum.

  • Toast245
  • posted by Toast245
  • Date 6/26/2007 2:03:22 AM
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-DressToKill- : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

-DressToKill-

21 votes NegativePositive

881 days 21 hours ago...

WOW!!!.. a plane landing to the soundtrack of Queen's ..The Show Must Go On'', my life is now complete!!!!!!!

coronajonny : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

coronajonny

10 votes NegativePositive

881 days 19 hours ago...

God damn camera angle! thought it was very windy and it was landing on the runway in view! That must have been bloody hard in a 747! Top marks 2 pilot!

Omeko : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Omeko

Hidden (Show Comment) -13 votes

881 days 18 hours ago...

Fuck that was boring

iliad : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

iliad

Hidden (Show Comment) -11 votes

881 days 17 hours ago...

Cool video, but does anyone know why they would land a 747 on a runway that it cant take off on? Why just leave it there out of use?

boldfart : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

boldfart

15 votes NegativePositive

881 days 17 hours ago...

^I think s the clue lies in the description "for display in an aviation museum"^

I may be wrong.

KIRIFUDA : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

KIRIFUDA

3 votes NegativePositive

881 days 5 hours ago...

Yeah the camera angle was pretty misleading. At first I was like WTF WHERES HE LANDING?! Then its OHH there was a run way there...

Rubickscube : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

Rubickscube

-5 votes NegativePositive

881 days 1 hour ago...

^^really?

Mr. Snickits : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

Mr. Snickits

5 votes NegativePositive

880 days 21 hours ago...

hahahah the music was awesome!

Sasuke428 : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

Sasuke428

Hidden (Show Comment) -9 votes

880 days 20 hours ago...

Stop with the bad music pleze.

AgeOfPanic : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

AgeOfPanic

4 votes NegativePositive

880 days 19 hours ago...

That's not a runway, that's a road. Pretty good flying. Don't see why you would retire a 747. Seems like throwing away money.

merlinzeromcp : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

merlinzeromcp

1 votes NegativePositive

880 days 17 hours ago...

They retired the 747-SP's becuase the 747-800's and the new 787 Dreamliners are comming out now, the SP is just too old of a model.

islandflyer : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

islandflyer

1 votes NegativePositive

880 days 17 hours ago...

Ah, the sweet sound of four Rolls-Royce RB.211 engines spooling up on the go-around. Nice clip. The 747SP has different, and slightly less effective, flaps than on 74 classics or 400s. Quite a challenge getting into that small strip.
It does seem like throwing money away but maybe South African Airways gets some kind of tax advantage for donating it to a museum. The SPs aren't popular anymore (thus not having much resale value) because of high maintenance and fuel costs. The 777-200LR can fly farther, carry more payload, and costs much less to operate.

munky_freq : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

munky_freq

-3 votes NegativePositive

880 days 16 hours ago...

"We passing the runway." Awesome grammar. Just fucking awesome.

PCGamer91 : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

PCGamer91

0 votes NegativePositive

880 days 6 hours ago...

^buddy did you notice the fucking "South Africa" label on the side of the plane? Maybe you should lay off the good people who took the time to film this and translate it so you know whats going on.

iliad : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

iliad

1 votes NegativePositive

863 days 17 hours ago...

^^^^^ AgeOfPanic
Thats what I was saying.

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