Tag: Boeing 747

KLM RETIRES PASSENGER 747 FLEET TODAY

March 29, 2020 – Vancouver, Canada By Henry Tenby It is with great sadness that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines retired their passenger 747-400 fleet today with the final flight being an inbound combi flight from Mexico City. I received a message this morning from my good friend Niels Dam who was specially in Amsterdam in […]

Five engined Boeing 747 BOAC Classic at Zurich Klotten in May 1972

Back in the 1960s and 1970s aircraft manufacturers devised special engine pods so that passenger jetliners could easily transport a spare engine between locations, often during the course of a schedule flight. The first generation jetliners including the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 were factory engineered for this special engine carrying capability. Special hard points […]