Wall Street Journalのインスタグラム(wsj) - 6月7日 07時11分
Its sheer size defies gravity. Its grace and elegance defy reason. The @boeing 747, mother of all jumbo jets, is in its twilight years for passenger service, leaving multitudes of travelers nostalgic for a time when air travel was comfortable and exhilarating.⠀
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Only 180 of the original jumbo jets, dubbed the Queen of the Skies, remain in passenger service. Boeing built more than 1,500 of the 747s—passenger and cargo versions—but is unlikely to be building any more of the passenger variety, as the 24 orders that remain are all freighters. @デルタ航空 and @United, the last U.S. airlines flying the two-aisle humped giant, both retired their remaining 747s late last year.⠀
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On Saturday, United hosted five 747 aficionados who bid frequent-flier miles, along with their guests and some employees, for a final tour and celebration of the airline's last one, tail number N118UA, in Tupelo, Miss. The aircraft is to be stripped of parts and cut up for recycling. ⠀
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"I never had a bad flight on it," said Ted Birren, a school administrator from the Chicago area who was one of the 420,000-mile bidders. Like many travelers, he says the physics of the 747 still boggle his mind. ⠀
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"To get something that big off the ground is amazing," he added. "This plane really set the pace for the airline industry as we know it today."⠀
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Read more at the link in our bio. ⠀
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