There is still something that I am curious about…
Posted by Rafa-Balon17@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 1 comments
You all know the Boeing 747-400 as the airliner that has the winglets, but what I am curious about is the 747-400 Domestic, the one with no winglets, but, in media not showing them around Japanese airports, but within the grounds of Paine Field.
There was this Japanese short documentary that I often watched on YouTube before it got removed, showing a 747-481D, being prepared for All Nippon Airways, which eventually became JA8963, the “Marine Jumbo” - towed out of the Everett hangar, into the paint hangar, then towed out in that livery before making its first flight.
I also saw another picture shared on Facebook of another 747-400D, JA8956, sitting on a Paine Field apron.
Those are some of the rare pieces of media that I have seen showing 747-400Ds in airports outside Japan.
What I am curious about is…what route did one take for a ferry flight some time after 1991, when the first one, JA8083, was delivered to Japan Airlines? Does anyone know?
agha0013@reddit
probably nothing special in terms of routes.
While the 747-400D was designed for high capacity short haul travel, it still had the fuel capacity of most other variants and could fly nonstop from Seattle to Japan easily as it wasn't carrying any payload, they could fill it up with fuel and still be under takeoff weight, even accounting for the mass of the extra seating.