The spirit that built it — and some of the people — are now restoring it:
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd March 2015 at 19:19
As I said it does not mention much, there was a documentary about the 777 and had a section about what Boeing went through to get her to fly again to be an engine test bed as she was the only 747 owned by Boeing and it was cheaper modifying the prototype than renting a 747 and converting it.
There is a bit about it on here
Curlyboy
By: WL747 - 2nd March 2015 at 16:57
Nice article does not seem to mention much about Boeing using her to test engines in the early 90’s.
Curlyboy
Read again. The paragraph above the mannequin photo.
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Scotty
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd March 2015 at 08:20
Nice article does not seem to mention much about Boeing using her to test engines in the early 90’s.
Curlyboy
By: Seafuryfan - 2nd March 2015 at 06:59
A very interesting article, Flying-A, and a testament to the American ‘can-do’ spirit. Thanks for posting!
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