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Queen of the Skies

Aerial Firefighting with Fire Fighting Airplanes.

24/08/2020 by peter.doornbos@outlook.com

With bushfires becoming more ferocious and harder to fight from the ground, organisations are turning more and more towards larger firefighting airplanes.

Categories BAe 146, Boeing 747, DC-10, Modernairliner Post Tags aerial firefighting, BAe-146, Boeing 747-400, DC-10, firefighting aircraft, Global Supertanker, Queen of the Skies, VLAT Leave a comment

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
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