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Jumbo

Is this finally the end of the Boeing 747 Jumbo?

31/05/2020 by peter.doornbos@outlook.com

Just over 50 years ago on 09 February 1969, Boeing made history as the world’s largest jet airliner, the Boeing 747 named City of Everett, climbed off the new purpose-built runway into Seattle’s grey…

Categories Boeing 747, Modernairliner Post Tags 747, 747 Jumbo, Boeing 747, Boeing 747 Jumbo, British Airways, Jumbo, Lufthansa, QANTAS, Queen of the Skies Leave a comment

Airbus announces the end of A380 production.

13/02/2019 by peter.doornbos@outlook.com

European aviation powerhouse, Airbus, announced, not unexpectedly, that they would cease production of the A380 Super Jumbo.

Categories Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing 747, Boeing 777, Modernairliner Post Tags A350, A380, Airbus, Airbus A380, Airbus Industrie, Boeing 747, Boeing 777, Jumbo, Super Jumbo Leave a comment

Boeing 747 8, are we falling out of love?

06/09/2015 by peter.doornbos@outlook.com

Our love affair with the Boeing 747 goes back 4 decades to those heady days of aviation when fuel was cheap and Juan Trippe and the boys at Pan Am asked Boeing to build them a much bigger airplane.

Categories Airbus A380, Boeing 747 Tags 747, A380, Airbus, Airbus A380, Boeing, Boeing 747, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 747-8, Boeing 747-8I, Jumbo, Jumbo Jet Leave a comment
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