Re: Boeing 747: It just keeps going and going...
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:45 am
Looks like one 744 has got a really cool new lease on life: https://youtu.be/Yi-fBKK7nME
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"Virgin Reaches Orbit With The Help of Cosmic Girl"Looks like one 744 has got a really cool new lease on life: https://youtu.be/Yi-fBKK7nME
Any indication of an STC for cargo conversion for the -8?[Speculation mode = on]
This airplane will never see commercial service for a number of reasons. As a VIP aircraft, its interior would have been highly bespoke. The article doesn't indicate how far that customization progressed before the work was stopped. So the airplane would need extensive rework to reconfigure it.
Also? No one wants these 747-8I's. The only airlines with any possible interest would be an existing 747-8I customer (Lufthansa, Korean, etc.). Not happening.
Presumably the owners attempted to sell the airplane to someone else looking for a VIP jumbo. However, there is a limited number of sheikhs and oligarchs in the world who have the coin and interest in making such a purchase. And they would probably be loathe to pick up someone else's half-finished airplane.
The only possible future for the airplane would be to reconfigure it as a one-off military derivative. Also highly unlikely.
Since everything on it is brand new, it will be harvested for the parts that can be removed, then chopped.
{Speculation mode = off}
That's a hard no. Same thing. A -8 cargo conversion would be a one off. No one is set up to do it, since -8 pax airplanes are years away from being cargo conversion candidates.Any indication of an STC for cargo conversion for the -8?
Why is that? I would have thought that with Boeing not taking more orders for the 8F, the recent evolution of the fright industry with increased demand, the recent evolution of the airline pax operations moving to smaller planes (and getting rid of anything with more than 2 engines), there would be demand for more XL freighters, no availability from the manufacturers, and an opportunity for the cargo conversion.-8 pax airplanes are years away from being cargo conversion candidates.
That's a good thing because it's not. The operators who ordered -8 passenger versions did so for a reason.
Not claiming that my "analysis" is correct.
Well, the operators that ordered the A380 also did so for a reason and many of them are being returned / grounded for good.The operators who ordered -8 passenger versions did so for a reason.
Production may end but the 747 ear will survive strong for several more decades.the final Boeing 747-8F will be delivered to Atlas Air as the cargo carrier's final delivery of the aircraft type, marking the end of an iconic half-century-long era in the aviation industry.
And how many years / hours / cycles has Rolls-Royce's 747-200?VH-OJU was delivered to QANTAS in January 2000. It last showed 93k airframe hours and 9.5 flight cycles. 747s commonly get flown past 100k hours, but by then they are on borrowed time.
Regards, Dr. Sigmund von Verbal
79k/23k.And how many years / hours / cycles has Rolls-Royce's 747-200?
85% the hours. 250% the cycles. Is that better or worse?79k/23k.And how many years / hours / cycles has Rolls-Royce's 747-200?
Yes.Is that better or worse?
That is an OUTSTANDING utilization for a long-range widebody.... 22.65 years old ... 10.53 years in the skies