Predicted to take place at the end of 2022, the delivery of the last Boeing 747 in history ended up being rescheduled for 2023. This Tuesday (31) is the end of production day for one of the most famous and successful projects in world aviation.
There were more than 5 decades of manufacturing of the 1574 units of the iconic Jumbo Jet, from the initial 747-100 version to the most recent generation 747-8, in passenger and cargo transport variants. Or 54 years since the first flight, which took place on February 9, 1969.
The final example of the quadjet with the famous (hunchback) is a 747-8F, the freighter variant, since the production of the 747-8I passenger variant has already ended several years ago.
Even the freighter should have been completed four units earlier, since, after communicating the end of Jumbo production, Boeing still accepted an order for four 747-8F for the North American Atlas Air.
With that, the N863GT registration jet, which won a sticker in honor of the main engineer of the 747 project, Joe Sutter, will be delivered today to Atlas.
According to Boeing, thousands of people – including current and former employees, as well as customers and suppliers – will celebrate the final handover at the factory at Everett Airport, north of Seattle, built to produce the iconic plane.
Boeing will make the live stream available at this link. Upon completion of the event, a video recording will be available on Boeing.com.
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