November 10, 20232 yr The 747 Queen of the Skies (-400 or -8) remains (and will always remain) an evergreen favorite among us jetliner enthusiasts. My first Jumbo flight was in a LH 747-400, at O'Hare. Even today, I distinctly recall that occasion, pressing against the glass windows of the waiting lobby at the boarding Gate, and marveling at the bulbous (seemed enormous at close proximity) nose of the 747, just outside, ready to lift-off (by miraculous means, I thought) into the sky... The 747-8 is also special to me...because, when LH (unexpectedly, or rather due to lack of awareness on my part) replaced its (I believe) A340s with the B747-8 (Intercontinental), I'd failed to take notice. LH was the launch customer for the -8I. By then, Cargolux, as launch-customer for the -8F (Freighter), has been already flying the 748 for about a year. Anyway, I did not realize (or/and didn't see any difference from a normal -400) before boarding the a/c, but only when I opened up the seatback (safety) pamphlet, after been seated, I noticed that it was the new 747-8I... Anyway, please find 6 pictures of the Xbox 747-8I, in the nostalgic colors of the FS9/FSX World Travel. Some of us might recall (long before the PMDG Queen would arrive on the desktop), pushing our (joystick) throttles on that (default) 747-400, with bated breath, and pretending to be Jumbo Pilots... (apparently, I/we had already graduated from the mundane (default) 737-800...🙂...Oh well...) Hope you enjoy these few images of the Queen...! Good flights to you all ...!
November 10, 20232 yr Nice shots, reminds me to think on the old FSX days.. cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
November 10, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, pmplayer said: Nice shots, reminds me to think on the old FSX days.. cheers 😉 Yeah me too! 😉
November 11, 20232 yr Great story and wonderful shots, P_7878. It's funny, your first flight in the Queen was a German Jumbo, my one was the American one, a (now even more iconic) PanAm 747-200 from Frankfurt to New York 😊 Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
November 11, 20232 yr Author Folks: Much appreciated the comments...! The (nostalgic) plane and the livery will not go out of style for a while...🙂... [bernd: Thanks. Yes, 2 of the classic airlines...mine is still around...🙂...though I've not travelled in LH in quite a while ...]
November 12, 20232 yr 19 hours ago, P_7878 said: ..though I've not travelled in LH in quite a while ...] And I would have a hard time hopping on a PanAm plane nowadays 😀😀 Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
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