Can anyone tell where this 747 is from?
Posted by Putrid-Pain-6979@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 80 comments
photo taken by my father at Austin Bergstrom
Posted by Putrid-Pain-6979@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 80 comments
photo taken by my father at Austin Bergstrom
dvlrnr@reddit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Flight_(UAE)
sodium_hydride@reddit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Royal_Air_Wing
These guys are from Dubai actually. Presidential Flight is Abu Dhabi, who currently have a fleet of 777s and 787s for their widebodies.
MrFickless@reddit
I don’t think it’s A6-COM.
A6-COM is a combi 747 with a cargo door at the back. It’s probably A6-MMM or A6-HRM which are both fully passenger 747s.
MAHHockey@reddit
Surprised they're using a 747 when their state owned airline is the biggest user of A380s. Would think they could nab one of those.
BigPie747@reddit
Well the 747 is in full VVIP config, while the A380 is in pax mode, also not everywhere will accommodate an A380, but will accommodate the 747
BannedAgain-573@reddit
Pretty sure they've been flying that since before the 380s
Polly1011T121917@reddit
Didn’t Air Canada fly this in the past?
Remarkable_Mail_4661@reddit
UAE registered
Putrid-Pain-6979@reddit (OP)
Thanks!
yoshuabruh@reddit
Boeing factory in Everett Washington
Positive_Front_2146@reddit
Boeing
According-Rise-8980@reddit
There are 3 of these planes the same
pnwavi8r@reddit
Paine Field, Everett Washington. KPAE.
They are all from there.
LogExpert5281@reddit
Seattle, originally.
av8geek@reddit
Wrong. Everett, originally.
fk067@reddit
That’s what Cambridge people say when someone says , are you from Boston 😀.
MonsieurReynard@reddit
As someone born in Cambridge, we say “Cantabridgian.”
TexStones@reddit
What the hell are they doing in Austin? Hot laps at COTA, follow by brisket at Franklin's?
SnooComics4100@reddit
KSA
Flat_Philosopher_467@reddit
My guess would be an Arab country
Altruistic_Injury_26@reddit
Renton
ab0ngcd@reddit
Being a smarty ass, it is from Everett Washington.
Naive_Brief3478@reddit
Boeing?
747strutmod@reddit
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.
ringstingrelief@reddit
Definitely from a Boeing factory
drunkonteemate@reddit
Boeing
blockerguy@reddit
“You know what I mean, 747, where are you FROM from?”
So_HauserAspen@reddit
Everyone wants to know where the 747 is from, no one is asking how the 747 feels.
fo55iln00b@reddit
This is such a Reddit reply, good Redditor
hoppertn@reddit
Everett, Washington but you are technically correct.
Ok-Skill8583@reddit
Earth.
Kooky_Following7169@reddit
Which is the best kind of correct.
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
bandley3@reddit
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.
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?
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.
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.
PJWanderer@reddit
Like Christine, the Pan Am 100.
MmmSteaky@reddit
Boeing, most likely.
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.
Opening-Comfort-3996@reddit
Would it have horses aboard, do you think?
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.
cousin_benson@reddit
A6-GGP is the flying horse box, it's all white with a blue trim, and it's a freighter.
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
SovietSunrise@reddit
Probably just Sheikh Muhammad al-Maktoum.
Ricos_Roughnecks@reddit
You see it parked at Cleveland Hopkins multiple times a year too. Him and his family only come to the Cleveland Clinic for their care
bandsam@reddit
Can't say that bro
Late-Lifeguard142@reddit
I have definitely seen it there many times passing by on I-480. Just about the only 747 we see at CLE.
Jeanneau37@reddit
Everett Washington, US
Different_Dare3018@reddit
I snapped a picture of it too as well as 2 black cars that were driving away from it.
Arctalurus@reddit
Everett?
AviationGuy27@reddit
UAE
Acceptable_Maximum95@reddit
Titanium Steel, Composite carbon, rubber and a lot of aluminum
BalooVanAdventures@reddit
The right…
Razorray557@reddit
One of the Saudi prince…
Worldmonitor@reddit
This bird flies all the time between UAE and Europe. Havent seen in US before but wouldn’t be surprised if this too was routine. UAE government plane.
Reasonable_Watch_875@reddit
I work at the San Diego international airport and I see that plane arrive here once a year for the thoroughbred horse races in Del Mar. They just had the races a couple of months ago. She’s a beauty when coming in to San Diego.
Mean_Resident8390@reddit
You see, when a Male 747 and a female 747 love each other,
K2step70@reddit
Does a plane start its life as a 737 and grow up to a 747? If so, how come some grow up to 777s or 787s?
Intelligent_Radish15@reddit
The male goes “Boeing!”
Mean_Resident8390@reddit
Ha!
KUweatherman@reddit
It’s like a magic hug.
EMC2_trooper@reddit
I know this plane!! I captured it taking off last year in Paris. It’s the Saudi royal family.
https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/boeing-747-400-a6-hrm-dubai-royal-air-wing/e9wkq3
Slh1973@reddit
UAE, not Saudi Arabia
EMC2_trooper@reddit
Thanks, corrected
ywgflyer@reddit
UAE Royal Flight, it's an ex-Air Canada fin.
SerDuckOfPNW@reddit
The 40-21 building
Middleage_dad@reddit
Likely outside of Seattle originally.
84Cressida@reddit
They also have two 747-422s from UA
MSTRopes@reddit
Boeing
devilndeskiez69@reddit
Boeing I bet…
PrincipleNo8733@reddit
From Boeing probably like all of the others
Technical_Anteater45@reddit
Oil sheikh flight. Worried about incoming Venezuelan inventory.
Captain_Mazhar@reddit
A6-HRM on the ramp at ABIA.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1pqbgbd/747400_a6hrm_from_the_dubai_royal_air_wing/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Empty_Researcher4985@reddit
UAE
68_and_i_owe_U_1@reddit
Boeing ?