End Of An Era in American Manufacturing---The last 747

[Shipp]

Your taking a knife to a gun fight............

Not a fight. I apologized because in this case, I was the one throwing slurs.

 

[EmGo]

Your taking a knife to a gun fight............

Nah, we met up around the campfire, I wuz gonna teach Mr Shipp kumbaya in chinese, but we never got that far ....

 

[mrSanders62]

You'd love the Tupolev then. Quietest metal airplane I've been in, and way comfier than either boingboing or harebus.

Too bad about the accidents

Tupolev 160? yes he is fast. and he's got a hell of a kick from going supersonic

 

[DDoug]

Here's one you could pick up cheap, includes a crew & cargo....

El avión venezolano cumple tres meses en Argentina: "Nuestra empresa está herida de muerte"

Lo afirmó Mario Árraga, gerente de Finanzas de la firma estatal. Cómo pasan sus días los iraníes y venezolanos a 92 días de su llegada a la Argentina. La crítica al Gobierno argentino por falta de apoyo.

www.perfil.com

right mouse click "xlate to engrish"

 

[standardparts]

Here's one you could pick up cheap, includes a crew & cargo....


right mouse click "xlate to engrish"

The U.S. Justice Dept---FBI appear to be invoking the old Iran sanctions it seems(?) along with maybe Russia being involved. The 747 has been sitting 90 days--can't imagine what kind of ramp fees are piling up along with how much cash it will take to make the aircraft current inspection/maintenance wise.

 

[standardparts]

Related to "Manufacturing in America---(can we add China for this one?)

No doubt someone-somewhere will need to buy off on the magnet issue....

Pentagon suspends F-35 deliveries over Chinese alloy in magnet

The F-35 Joint Program Office says the magnet made with Chinese materials does not transmit information or put the plane at risk.

www.defensenews.com

 

[DouglasJRizzo]

These days, it's all about "fuel burn" and twin engine jets burn less than the beloved 747 with those four huge turbines. Also, air travel capacity has diminished. Most flights I'm on are sparsely populated. Too bad, the 747 is one glorious machine.

 

[gkoenig]

The Chinese use. The ski jump launch on their Air raft carrier just like the Russians instead of the catapult style launch of the American carriers.

The Cope Slope- so you can cope with your shitty aircraft and industrial base with your little starter carrier.

 

[Trueturning]

The Cope Slope- so you can cope with your shitty aircraft and industrial base with your little starter carrier.

The US Navy is expanding.

All Of The Sudden, The U.S. Navy Is On Track To Get A Whole Lot Of New Ships

As widely expected, the U.S. Congress all but rejected Biden’s proposal. Lawmakers are on track to add billions of dollars to the shipbuilding budget, enough to buy as many as 13 battleforce ships.

www.forbes.com

 

[standardparts]

Looks like the "End" for 747 production will be delayed until sometime in 2023.

Complex build out no doubt and stuff is gonna happen:
........."this item doesn't seem correct, reach for the shelf to pick up the next one, send the suspect one back for inspection (and/or to vendor)" scenario stops working, when the shelf is empty -- and is actually removed from the hall, the moment you took the last item off." (had read where at least one sub built the components they were contracted for put them in safe storage for delivery to Boeing as needed and then sold off building and ceased business)

Link below--go to last post #357:

Boeing 747 Production/Delivery Thread - 2022 - Page 8 - Airliners.net

 

[Bill D]

The 747 is one of the few aircraft I can identify now there are no more concorde's
Bill D

 

[4GSR]

The last 747 I flew in was from San Francisco to Houston in 2010. Piloted by two LBGT women pilots! And they showed it, too!

 

[standardparts]

9/30/1968 -- 12/6/2022.....Last one out turn off the lights.

Final Boeing 747 rolls out tonight December 6 2022 - Airliners.net

 

[Overland]

That's an awful lot of building space freed up.
Wonder what the plans are.
Bob

 

[boosted]

That's an awful lot of building space freed up.
Wonder what the plans are.
Bob

Boeing is clearly trying to reduce their presence in Puget Sound. They will probably just fill it with surplus tooling for a decade and then sell it off; like they have with all of the other old facilities. Heck maybe they can sublease the space for the 747 and 767 lines to Spirit AeroSystems. Would be amazing to see them building A320 parts in the old Boeing widebody plant...

 

[standardparts]

And....The Last 747. "Queen Of The Skys" Flight path tribute 2-1-2023
(click replay on flight path--musta burned a fair amount of fuel doing the tribute}
At one point in the trip climb to 41,000 reaching 700+ MPH (ground speed).

5Y747 (GTI747) Atlas Air Flight Tracking and History 01-Feb-2023 (KPAE-KCVG) - FlightAware

Track Atlas Air (5Y) #747 flight from Snohomish County to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

flightaware.com

 

[4GSR]

Just read where they are going to set up a fourth assembly line for the 737 Max plane in place of the 747 assembly line today. So its not going to be used for storage.