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1. 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
   • 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 in context
   • awlxaĺan Cerulean Spark

     @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 in context
   • Cerulean Spark

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

     Thursday, 19-Jan-17 21:05:39 UTC in context
   • 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 in context
   • awlxaĺan Cerulean Spark

     @ceruleanspark haha, I group them together because of that

     Thursday, 19-Jan-17 21:08:07 UTC in context
   • Scribus

     @awl But it's just so iconic!

     Thursday, 19-Jan-17 21:22:08 UTC in context