Posts Tagged ‘Boeing 747’
World’s Largest Piggyback Ride!
Two Jumbo Jets as the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft The Space Shuttle Program continued for almost 30 years, starting in 1981 with the STS-1 mission and ending in 2011 with the STS-135 mission. A total number of 135 missions have been flown with five shuttles: Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor. Two shuttles were completely lost…
Read MoreUnited will retire Boeing 747, the ‘Queen of the Skies’, in 2017
Is this the final year for the Boeing 747? In a memo to workers this week, United president Scott Kirby announced the firm will retire its Boeing 747 jumbo jets by the end of 2017. Although the airline had already announced it would cease the use of the ‘Queen of the Skies’, many were expecting…
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