Hi all,Just ran across this on the wire. Man, the 747 is like the energizer bunny of aircraft, it just keeps going, and going, and going.... :-) :-)Regards,JoePS - Other 747 Advanced info here:http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/back/back9.htmlFull Article Here:http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t...storyID=8286673/snip"BOSTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co. has selected General Electric Co.'s next-generation jet engine to power the plane maker's proposed 747 Advanced airplane, GE said on Monday."....."Boeing is forecasting a potential market for 250 to 300 of the 747 Advanced airplanes, which represents more than $10 billion in revenue for the GEnx engine, GE said.GE beat out Britain's Rolls-Royce to be the supplier for the proposed plane. The two engine makers are developing engines for Boeing's new mid-sized 787, due to enter service in 2008." /End SnipsGrab My FREEWARE Voice recognition Profiles here:[a href=http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004misc&DLID=58334]Cessna 172 Voice Profile[/a][a href=http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004misc&DLID=60740]FSD Avanti Voice Profile[/a].You will need the main FREEWARE Flight Assistant program to use it, get it here:[a href=http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=genutils&DLID=39661]Flight Assistant 2.2[/a]

Found some more info, There will be a 80 inch Band behind the flight deck, and a 60 inch band behind the wings.That is a total length increase of almost 12 feet.It's still the most attractive cattle hauler around, IMHO.There is a cool graph here, thread number 17:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390934/postsAlso saw this one today:http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/busi...ebboeing25.html"Boeing gets big order from Air CanadaSEATTLE

Good to hear some good news out of Boeing :-) especially my favorite, the 747.

I'm not sure people understand there are currently about 17 by my count, iterations of the 747, and this is simply one more. (All I did was count the ones in the chart, so I'm probably wrong on that one) :-)Data is here:http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/background.htmlNice Chart on that page showing service dates, etc...Not only Good news, but a whopper of an order from Air Canada, our good friends to the North.Grab My FREEWARE Voice recognition Profiles here:[a href=http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004misc&DLID=58334]Cessna 172 Voice Profile[/a][a href=http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004misc&DLID=60740]FSD Avanti Voice Profile[/a].You will need the main FREEWARE Flight Assistant program to use it, get it here:[a href=http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=genutils&DLID=39661]Flight Assistant 2.2[/a]