Aviation
Commercial /
Oceania
Sad day
Qantas says goodbye to the 747
José PEDRO M Ramos
7/23/2020
Qantas went through a sad day yesterday, or at least nostalgic, very nostalgic.
His last Boeing 747, a model 400, has registered number VH-OEJ. He flew from Sydney to Los Angeles empty and gave his nostalgic fans a very beautiful moment: He draws a gigantic kangaroo in the sky, similar to the one that adorns the tail of all the company's aircraft.
The huge kangaroo cannot be seen with the naked eye, of course, however its silhouette, which was perfect, can be seen clearly in the flightradar app 24.
The Los Angeles destination, as the reader can appreciate, is due to the proximity to the famous airplane cemeteries, places destined to stock airplanes (storage) or even to destroy them (part-out) after the removal of engines and all parts that may have value in the vigorous aftermarket.
It is no coincidence that the party of the last Jumbo caused so much sadness among employees, passengers and fans of the company and the model in the World but mainly in Australia. After all, the model had been in the company for almost half a century, since the arrival of the first Jumbo in 1971.
It was 5 decades of a relationship that popularized air transport in the country and that I have in the jet a great protagonist of the insertion of Australia in the world - since the country, for its position in the globe needs, more than any other, integration by air .
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