747 nostalgia - good article in NYT

[torrence]

Here's a recent NYT article by a current 747 pilot reviewing history and impact of the Queen.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/travel/747-airplane-jet-pilot.html

Cheers,
Torrence

[Phil Bunch]

Thanks for the link.

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See also this link, by the same author.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/14/opinion/14-in-flight-mark-vanhoenacker.html

His web page, with photo gallaries, is here:

http://markvanhoenacker.com/

I especially enjoyed his book "Skyfaring", which attempts to capture some of the the romance and beauty of long-distance flight.

[Magoo]

 747 Begins Its Final Approach...

wow, really, some might argue with that title!

[Hardy Heinlin]

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