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  1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

    I wonder if the Boeing 747 is going to be taken out of service by any airline operating it by end of year; apparently United is. Can't blame them though; 48 years old design has to be expensive to maintain.

    Thursday, 19-Jan-17 20:55:01 UTC from web
    1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

      @awl I dunno, there are a tonne of parts out there, and a huge number of trained engineers know the planes well.

      Thursday, 19-Jan-17 21:00:59 UTC from web
      1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

        @ceruleanspark There is that yes, and I mean, airlines still operate DC10s despite having a shaky history. I'd rather not see them out. It'd be the end of an era, like when the Concorde got taken out of major service.

        Thursday, 19-Jan-17 21:02:29 UTC from web
        1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

          @awl "Taken out of major service" at about 1200mph into the ground.

          Thursday, 19-Jan-17 21:05:39 UTC from web
        2. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

          @awl It's funny you should mention DC10s in the same post as Concorde though, given that the major incident that lead to Concorde being retired was caused by pieces falling off a DC10

          Thursday, 19-Jan-17 21:07:14 UTC from web
          1. awlxaĺan awlxaĺan

            @ceruleanspark haha, I group them together because of that

            Thursday, 19-Jan-17 21:08:07 UTC from web
    2. Scribus Scribus

      @awl But it's just so iconic!

      Thursday, 19-Jan-17 21:22:08 UTC from MuSTArDroid