June 18, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Greetings all from a chilly Johannesburg,
Can anyone add to my list of preserved 747 aircraft please? (or parts thereof) – see list link below.
Kind regards,
Jaws
John Austin-Williams
Chairman: South African Airways Museum Society
By: jaws - 2nd July 2015 at 07:13
Anyone know the identity of the 747 cockpit section at the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum in Germany?
Not to be confused with the 747 (D-ABYM) at Speyer.
Cheers,
Jaws
By: J Boyle - 23rd June 2015 at 03:55
One wonders where the current VC-25s will find a home after their White House days are over.
One guess…Pima since they don’t have a 747 and have room for one.
The NMUSAF is the other logical place but I doubt if their new “Air Force One” hangar will be large enough?
By: markb - 23rd June 2015 at 02:46
They operate out of Montreal Mirabel.
By: jaws - 22nd June 2015 at 21:30
Thanks Mark
List has been updated.
I have no knowledge of the a/c home base.
Anyone?
Cheers,
Jaws
By: markb - 22nd June 2015 at 16:25
Hi Jaws
C-GTFF (c/n 22484)
C-FPAW (c/n 21934)
By: jaws - 22nd June 2015 at 13:26
The P&W SPs are no more or less preserved than the GE one on the list. That’s why I mentioned them. They are engine test beds.
Hi Mark,
Do you have the registrations and/or c/n for me please.
Cheers
Jaws
By: markb - 22nd June 2015 at 13:19
The P&W SPs are no more or less preserved than the GE one on the list. That’s why I mentioned them. They are engine test beds.
By: Flying_Pencil - 19th June 2015 at 21:28
I have added three more columns, Location – Country, Location – City/Town and GPS
Cheers
Jaws
Great job!
The site Preserved Axis Aircraft also added codes on status, as in Display, Storage, Partial, Restoration, etc.
Flying Pencil, the section in Munich is an A300 fuselage if I remember correctly. I had the same thought initially, having seen it there last year.
Ah, I cross linked the two I guess.
By: jaws - 19th June 2015 at 20:42
I have added three more columns, Location – Country, Location – City/Town and GPS
Cheers
Jaws
By: Archer - 19th June 2015 at 20:25
I only saw the cockpit in Hoofddorp once, in 2006. Haven’t been there that often since.
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Flying Pencil, the section in Munich is an A300 fuselage if I remember correctly. I had the same thought initially, having seen it there last year.
By: Flying_Pencil - 19th June 2015 at 16:25
Suggest you have a “Current location” columns and list city.
Deutsches Museum of Munich has full 747 cross section just behind cockpit. (hope I did not confuse with Science Museum of London)
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See it here
By: jaws - 19th June 2015 at 13:59
B747-236B
23799/677
G-BDXO
Cockpit at ROC College University in Hoofddorp Netherlands (Regionale Opleidingen Centrum)
However I have no proof/evidence that the cockpit section is indeed there.
Cheers
Jaws
Cheers
Jaws
By: Archer - 19th June 2015 at 12:52
The ROC Amsterdam Airport at Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, took delivery of a 747 cockpit a few years ago. This was to be used in their engineering training program. This cockpit came from a 747 which had been stored at Schiphol airport for many years and had been chopped up. It looked pretty much gutted then so I don’t know if they kept it at all. Sorry, that’s all I can remember about it, perhaps someone else knows more.
And isn’t there a small fuselage section in the Science Museum, London? Or am I confusing my airliners… IIRC it was just a small 1 metre long cross section cut from a fuselage.
Edit: Found it! http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/online_science/explore_our_collections/objects/index/smxg-30021 Oh, disregard, I see it is already on the list!
By: Sabrejet - 19th June 2015 at 11:39
Pratt & Whitney uses two 747SPs as engine test beds.
Preserved?
By: markb - 19th June 2015 at 11:32
Pratt & Whitney uses two 747SPs as engine test beds.
By: jaws - 19th June 2015 at 07:58
Thanks, it’s the 7th item on the list.
Cheers
Jaws
By: Oxcart - 19th June 2015 at 01:42
No it isn’t!
By: TomD80 - 18th June 2015 at 23:23
Your excellent list seems to be missing the prototype (i.e., #1), “City of Everett,” that is on display in the (soon to be roofed over) outdoor airpark at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.