The last 747 rolled out of Everett tonight.

[USMCmech]

Serial # 1574 is the last one to be built.

Freighter version headed to Atlas sometime next year.

 

[///AMG]

That's wild. My entire lifetime they have been rolling off. It is a little like rolling by MacAir/Boeing Bldg 42 at KSTL and seeing what was once the backdrop of all your childhood posters of fighter jets, now reduced to a sad heap of trash.

 

[bike21]

That's wild. My entire lifetime they have been rolling off. It is a little like rolling by MacAir/Boeing Bldg 42 at KSTL and seeing what was once the backdrop of all your childhood posters of fighter jets, now reduced to a sad heap of trash.

My Great Aunt worked for McDerglass and eventually Boeing in STL and would send me those posters all the time growing up. Fine memories and sad to see the last 747 rolling out. Kudos to those who got the type and will have the lasting memories of flying the Queen.

 

[Skåning]

Why couldn’t it be the last Guppy rolling off the line instead!

 

[///AMG]

Why couldn’t it be the last Guppy rolling off the line instead!

Not in our lifetimes my friend. I will say that, unofficially, I have been privy to the MAX20 in a secret Renton hangar that I can't disclose the location of. What does that even mean? 2 kickstands.....one center, one aft. They got the engines wrong though, the poor new engineers mounted them backwards. That's ok though.....it is certified to FL500 and outer space. You just have to fly it for 7 hours before the CRZ page will show anything above 350.

 

[derg]

The 737 Max-20 will have JATO

 

[///AMG]

The 737 Max-20 will have JATO

It'll have to. It has a MTOW of 900,000.....but don't worry, it won't be a "heavy" because it is grandfathered since that extra word would be too taxing for pilots without extra training ($$)

 

[Minuteman]

(no action in the video, just a tug pulling the airframe)

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

Why couldn’t it be the last Guppy rolling off the line instead!

Society will collapse long before Boeing and the airlines would finally stop shoving that piece of junk down our throats.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Sad, but now they can build something that doesn't require you to put down your crossword and turn the fuel pumps off in the 21st century. Honestly.

 

[msmspilot]

Society will collapse long before Boeing and the airlines would finally stop shoving that piece of junk down our throats.

If they had built DC-3s as long as they’ve built 737s, the last DC-3 would have rolled off the line some time in 1990. Of course, since Boeing has 8-10 years of orders on the books…

 

[fholbert]

My Great Aunt worked for McDerglass and eventually Boeing in STL and would send me those posters all the time growing up. Fine memories and sad to see the last 747 rolling out. Kudos to those who got the type and will have the lasting memories of flying the Queen.

Same here, when I was a kid my grandparents (moms side) worked for Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach ( before the McDonnell merger). There was never a shortage of aircraft posters in my bedroom. One of my favorites, the F-4, then and now.

 

[DropTank]

So what's that building going to be used for now?

Last time I was there it was mostly empty

 

[derg]

(no action in the video, just a tug pulling the airframe)

That came out with a high quotient of unintentional sexiness.

 

[DropTank]

the 747 had its time, but, you know... 777 goodness...

 

[CFI A&P]

So what's that building going to be used for now?

Last time I was there it was mostly empty

Future site of Mythbusters 2.0

(Not really - I have no idea)

 

[USMCmech]

the 747 had its time, but, you know... 777 goodness...

The 777 is 30 years old.

That's 5 years older than the 747 was when it's "replacement" was being designed.

 

[mikecweb]

Future site of Mythbusters 2.0

(Not really - I have no idea)

It's the same factory as the other wide-bodies. Probably a 777x line if it ever gets certified.

 

[DropTank]

Future site of Mythbusters 2.0

(Not really - I have no idea)

I am ok with this!
Wish it would come back.
(I know it don't)
((slightly sad))

The 777 is 30 years old.

That's 5 years older than the 747 was when it's "replacement" was being designed.

Sooooo, what's your point?

It's the same factory as the other wide-bodies. Probably a 777x line if it ever gets certified.

It'll get certified in 2024.... I mean 2025... 26? ok for SURE 27

At this rate it'll be electric powered....

 

[mwflyer]

The 777 is 30 years old.

not quite. Not to be pit Nicky, but 1995 was the year for the triple 7. If I didn’t say something, @Maximilian_Jenius would have. LOL!