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Last passenger 747-200s gone
Planespotters site does not list the two aircraft in Kabo Air current fleet anymore, they had not flown in quite a while, 742 is now only active as freighter in US, CIS, Iran, Pakistan and China besides US and Iranian Air Forces plus a test bed with Rolls Royce North America.
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And as the US presidential transport, known as Air Force One when the president is a pax.
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GE still has their original 741 testbed too. Apparently they kept it around because the FADEC on the new testbed 744 doesn't like higher thrust engines, so it'll be doing work for the GE9X program next.
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It may be presidential but its with USAF, I think Iran also has one configured as such.
747-100 is not the same as a 742 visually yes but not any other way.
747-100 is not the same as a 742 visually yes but not any other way.
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The last 747-200 Freighter in the US will be retired within the next several weeks.
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BWIAirport wrote:Don't sleep on Baltia!
LOL. They actually scrapped one of their 742s a few years back, and recently sold the other one, after it sitting around for years since they bought it from NW.
They're "restarting FAA certification," because had they actually achieved it, the idiots who gave them money, errr...investors, might expect them to start flying.
The fact that the people in charge haven't been arrested yet is beyond me
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Some of the freighter operators have also parked theirs, Iran Air Cargo and TransAvia Export havent flown them in weeks, AHS is also inactive and up for sale, Uni-Top now only has one left thats flying.
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Re: Last passenger 747-200s gone
flyDTW1992 wrote:The last 747-200 Freighter in the US will be retired within the next several weeks.
Will Kalitta fly the -400 on their LAX-HNL route?
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flyDTW1992 wrote:The last 747-200 Freighter in the US will be retired within the next several weeks.
I assume you're talking about Kalitta's N793CK?
Sad day when it is retired. Such a beauty.
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793 & 794CK are retiring? Why?
And doesn't IR have PAX 742?
And doesn't IR have PAX 742?
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b747400erf wrote:Will Kalitta fly the -400 on their LAX-HNL route?
MSPNWA wrote:I assume you're talking about Kalitta's N793CK?
UA444 wrote:793 & 794CK are retiring? Why?
Yes, a -400BCF will be assigned to the HNL run.
And yes, 793's the last one. 794 is already parked). The rumor is that the company has several more -400s on the way this year, in addition to the 767 acquisitions. No need to keep pouring money into keeping the -200s flying I suppose. Fleet renewal/expansion seems to be the priority now that the new pilot contract is in place.
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Re: Last passenger 747-200s gone
UA444 wrote:
And doesn't IR have PAX 742?
Not since almost a year.
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I've always considered the short humps more aesthetically pleasing than the longer upper decks that began with the SUD -200s and the -300s.
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