Posted on Jan 31, 2023
Boeing 747, the "Queen of the Skies," flying off into history
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Manufacturing this bird was a Generational Project. They had a family on the news that the Father, retired, was involved in development and his son who was getting close to retirement was a Quality Engineer on the final airframe coming out of the production facility.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
And we had a special loader that we used for putting cargo on the cargo version of this airframe...
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Nostalgic! While I believe 70 is the new 30, as a Jig Fabricator in the Renton plant, recall working on the two 737 prototypes, and modeling the 747 and SST (remember those?). Now, a few miles away at Pima Air Park those old 747s airframes are being refitted as amazingly luxurious air palaces for folks who make more $$$ than we do.
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