Say Goodbye to 747-8 Test Liveries

Line 1421 (RC521) JA11KZ for Nippon Cargo Airlines is headed to Portland to get NCA colors. This was the last frame still wearing a test "Boeing Light" livery.

Have you guys read about this airline that's supposedly preparing for passenger service on a 747-200? They want to operate JFK to St Petersburg Pulkovo International Airport (LED). I'd have to book a flight just for kicks. Here's the frame they're planning on using.

And here's a much sillier idea for an old 747-200. Here's the frame.

Range Rover minutia

This is kind of old and bizarre and extremely trivial for a 747 focused blog to comment on, but I saw it come up again in the news and did a little research. The frame is G-MKCA, line 484, a former Korean Airlines and MK Airlines 747-200, and she retired in 2009 just before hitting 29 years old with at least 108,500 hours in the air. Now you know.