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airtrainer 15 Jun 20, 21:33Post
And farewell to F-GTUI, Corsair's last 747...



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JLAmber (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 19 Jun 20, 20:09Post
Air France are planning a flypast over Paris to mark the retirement of their A380 fleet. I have it on very good authority they're planning to fly either two or three in formation, pending approval.
A million great ideas...
Yokes 27 Jun 20, 15:02Post
The end of the 747 with Virgin Atlantic:

Boeing 747-443, 1277, G-VROY, Virgin Atlantic Airways, ferried 24jun20 MAN-CQM for part out & scrap


JLAmber (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 16 Jul 20, 21:17Post
Strong rumours from usually reliable sources stating that BA have retired their entire 744 fleet as of 2200BST today. No more retro livery BOAC or Landor sightings at LHR :(
A million great ideas...
PA110 (Founding Member) 16 Jul 20, 22:48Post
Sadly, over the last 2 weeks, KL, QF and BA have retired their entire 747 passenger fleets. I think the only major carrier left flying a passenger version is LH.

I just thought back to all the pax 747s I've flown on - I came up with 22 different airlines across all passenger variants except the -8: NA NW TW PA UA AR EI BA VS SK LH KL SN AF AT SA SW SQ MH QF NZ FJ
Look, it's been swell, but the swelling's gone down.
ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 17 Jul 20, 06:14Post
JLAmber wrote:Strong rumours from usually reliable sources stating that BA have retired their entire 744 fleet as of 2200BST today. No more retro livery BOAC or Landor sightings at LHR :(

I heard on a Big Jet TV stream yesterday that one of their A380s had come back to LHR. Wonder if that's related.

PA110 wrote:I just thought back to all the pax 747s I've flown on - I came up with 22 different airlines across all passenger variants except the -8: NA NW TW PA UA AR EI BA VS SK LH KL SN AF AT SA SW SQ MH QF NZ FJ

That's some going {bugeye}
My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.
PA110 (Founding Member) 17 Jul 20, 16:00Post
ShanwickOceanic wrote:That's some going {bugeye}


1. I am very old
2. I've been flying since I was 2 years old.

Also... I forgot one... it's actually 23 different airlines.
SS (Corsair - pre TUI) 747-200 and 747SP
Look, it's been swell, but the swelling's gone down.
paul mcallister 17 Jul 20, 22:49Post
Very sad to see the BA747`s go, especially after the expensive refits etc.
Looks like I won`t get to fly in a 747,before they are all gone.
ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 23 Jul 20, 06:45Post
Going out with a kang...

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53509361
My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.
JLAmber (netAirspace ATC & Founding Member) 15 Nov 20, 23:19Post
Something of a significant retirement this week when TUI 752 G-BYAY flew BHX - BGR - MZJ for conversion to freight ops. This aircraft was the last survivor of the true Britannia fleet:



A million great ideas...
airtrainer 01 Dec 20, 23:37Post
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has officially retired its last A340. The A340-300 left Copenhagen for Tucson in the US earlier today. The aircraft, named Astrid Viking, will land in a few hours and will stay in Tucson for only a short time before heading to its final home at Pinal Airpark, Arizona.




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ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 02 Dec 20, 08:30Post
Been on that one... CPH-IAD back in 2012.
My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.
ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 21 Dec 20, 15:32Post
Virgin Atlantic's last 747, G-VROY, currently en route to LAS. Then off to Pinal and troop carrier duty.
My friend and I applied for airline jobs in Australia, but they didn't Qantas.
airtrainer 21 Dec 20, 16:13Post
Retired in 1996 but preserved at Brutingthorpe in the UK, the first Super Guppy F-BTGV will be scrapped as it is "too big to be saved" {cry}

Article in french here



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darrenvox 21 Dec 20, 17:10Post
G-VROY on its way to vegas to be stored!!



https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-vroy#265f177b again another fricking airline leaving us in the dust

as we speak... 12:10pm EST Dec 21/2020
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airtrainer 17 Feb 21, 16:51Post
Air France 777-200ER F-GSPV. Three others are said to be retired by may.

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Yokes 15 Mar 21, 18:32Post
The last KLM pax 747 flew from AMS to TEV for storage.



Maybe the very last landing for this airframe:

https://twitter.com/aeropuerteruel/status/1371450399153082372?s=21
darrenvox 03 Jun 21, 19:46Post
that sucks...
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