Last B747 delivered

[Igor_U]

It is end of an era here at KPAE as Boeing delivers final B-747 To Atlas Air. You can watch it on Flight aware departing soon:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI747/history/20230201/1600Z/KPAE/KCVG

Atlas Air revealed a special flight plan for a final delivery flight:

 

 

 

[Igor_U]

and the track:

 

 

 

[tony]

The end of a legacy...very sad.  Kudos to the engineers, technicians, pilots, and factory workers who made this aircraft possible.  

[N201MKTurbo]

Well, they delivered the last Mooney a few years ago, yet here we are!

[Seth]

It is cool the coverage the final 74 delivery received. Good job by the PR team.

 

-Seth

[M20F]

 

They each have their quirks, the bed in -8 is more comfortable. 

[flyboy0681]

I followed the 747 program since I was a kid in the late 60's and read several books on its development. Hands down, the best one is "747 Creating the Worlds First Jumbo Jet" by the creator himself, Joe Sutter (also the father of the 737).

I estimate that I've flown on the 747 two dozen times over the past few decades, but I never got to live my dream of sitting in seat 1A, which (I've heard) gives the passenger an almost straight ahead view due to the tapering of the nose section.

I did make a pilgrimage to see Ship One at Boeing Field and wasn't disappointed.

 

[Skates97]

Nice video