Can anyone tell where this 747 is from?

It’s interesting to me to read about these 747's out there in service. I spent a few years building these 747's in Everett WA. Thanks for sharing it’s services story.

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blockerguy@reddit

“You know what I mean, 747, where are you FROM from?”

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So_HauserAspen@reddit

Everyone wants to know where the 747 is from, no one is asking how the 747 feels.

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fo55iln00b@reddit

This is such a Reddit reply, good Redditor

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hoppertn@reddit

Everett, Washington but you are technically correct.

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Educational-Coat-750@reddit

This aircraft was originally delivered to Air Canada. It was involved in a ground collision with a BA 772 and required a new left left winglet

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I dealt with this aircraft (VT-AIM) multiple times when I worked at LAX including when the tire blew up. They refused to have it changed before the flight as the UA mechanic had recommended. That damn thing was there for months getting repaired. The GM at Air India accused me of double billing for ground handling, forgetting that one flight ends when pushed back from the gate; he eventually paid up.

The first time it arrived at LAX the power to the main deck door (it’s a Combi) didn’t work so we spent hours hand cranking that door open. Just opening the door took the entire turn time, throwing off the entire flow for the day.

Whenever I saw that aircraft on my schedule I knew I was in for a bad day; it was such a dilapidated piece of crap under their ownership and I just expected something stupid to go wrong with it, all due to neglect. I am so happy to see that it was saved and is now living its best life instead of being scrapped. It deserved better treatment than AI afforded it.

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Educational-Coat-750@reddit

Sounds like a very chaotic shift! I can’t say I’m surprised to hear this about AI. Do you know how long the gear was damaged for before it finally failed? And, how it was damaged in the first place?

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bandley3@reddit

Not just one day. Multiple failures, on multiple days. Every flight seemed to be an event.

As I recall the tire arrived rather worn but the pilot decided to have it replaced when they got back to India instead of changing it at LAX. It’s just like the people you see driving on tires that are down to the wear indicators (or with the belts showing) - they don’t want to spend the money and know a guy that can do it cheaper.

When the tire blew on takeoff it rained debris all over the south runways, shutting down half of a major international airport. Not only was the place littered with tire chunks but the explosion blasted holes in the wing/body fairings and in the horizontal stabilizers, as well as other parts I’m sure. All those chunks had to go somewhere, and that somewhere was all over the airfield. Given that this was only a few years after a little metal strip on a runway from a CO DC-10 took down an Air France Concorde we did not screw around with FOD anywhere on the runways and taxiways.

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Educational-Coat-750@reddit

It’s sad to see how far AI has fallen from grace since the 60s and 70s. JR Tata is probably rolling in his grave.

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PJWanderer@reddit

Like Christine, the Pan Am 100.

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MmmSteaky@reddit

Boeing, most likely.

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KD153@reddit

Boeing

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good_medicine@reddit

I see that plane once a year or so at LEX when the thoroughbred sales are underway at Keeneland. Only wide body we ever get to see here. A beaut in person.

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Opening-Comfort-3996@reddit

Would it have horses aboard, do you think?

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mineral_water_69@reddit

Dubai Royal Air Wing does have a 747 in the fleet for shipping horses. Idk if it is this one tho.

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cousin_benson@reddit

A6-GGP is the flying horse box, it's all white with a blue trim, and it's a freighter.

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PlasticDiscussion590@reddit

No. Most horses are transported on a 727 flown by Tex Sutton. I don’t know about the international transports, but I’ve never seen another plane flying horses other than the 727

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