Now that everyone is looking the other way, Yesterday a significant aviation milestone went by without notice.
Of course I'm talking about this event:
The first roll out of the 747 was a modern historic milestone that marked the beginning of Mass Air Travel Today it is 50 years since that day and what a good idea it would be to have the next frame for UPS be rolled out to celebrate the occasion.
Well life is like a box of chocolates, and if the sour quince log is the last piece in the box, it is still coated with chocolate. I hope that this isn't the case, and there are as many or as few pieces left, as long as there are people willing to see it that way.
In the 50 years since it was revealed, the 747 laid the foundation of Today's Market, a benchmark that was unrivaled until 2005. Even if Airbus retains the lions share of the VLA market in the future, it is scant reward considering how the market has almost made quads like the 747 irrelevant, by selecting smaller types to 'de-fragment' the hub and spoke system of yesteryear.
Yet even if we are unwilling to acknowledge its many achievements, the 747 is indeed a masterful piece of industrial Art for it time, built with Slide Rules and drafted blueprints not Autocad, rendered with a Physical Mockup not a 3D CGI and all in 5 years , whilst the Walls of BCA's PAE factory was being built around it. The Jet spent the Winter in 1968, outside in the snow as BCA rushed to prepare it for its first flight.
This winter, however a new journey will begin, with BCA now looking forward to revealing the first 779 frame sometime before years end, if indeed that is where the program now stands.
Certainly then, the spotlight will fall on the latter and the Queen will have to take a backseat into the New Year. There may be future commitments for the 747, but the market has moved on and away from its necessity and soon it may be its last year of production.
Until that time, may we all celebrate its longevity.
' Long Live The Queen Of the Skies'
And Thank You to all The Readers.
picture Copyright Boeing. Co
Of course I'm talking about this event:
Well life is like a box of chocolates, and if the sour quince log is the last piece in the box, it is still coated with chocolate. I hope that this isn't the case, and there are as many or as few pieces left, as long as there are people willing to see it that way.
In the 50 years since it was revealed, the 747 laid the foundation of Today's Market, a benchmark that was unrivaled until 2005. Even if Airbus retains the lions share of the VLA market in the future, it is scant reward considering how the market has almost made quads like the 747 irrelevant, by selecting smaller types to 'de-fragment' the hub and spoke system of yesteryear.
Yet even if we are unwilling to acknowledge its many achievements, the 747 is indeed a masterful piece of industrial Art for it time, built with Slide Rules and drafted blueprints not Autocad, rendered with a Physical Mockup not a 3D CGI and all in 5 years , whilst the Walls of BCA's PAE factory was being built around it. The Jet spent the Winter in 1968, outside in the snow as BCA rushed to prepare it for its first flight.
This winter, however a new journey will begin, with BCA now looking forward to revealing the first 779 frame sometime before years end, if indeed that is where the program now stands.
Certainly then, the spotlight will fall on the latter and the Queen will have to take a backseat into the New Year. There may be future commitments for the 747, but the market has moved on and away from its necessity and soon it may be its last year of production.
Until that time, may we all celebrate its longevity.
' Long Live The Queen Of the Skies'
And Thank You to all The Readers.
picture Copyright Boeing. Co
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