Nice...
I did 10 months of my apprenticeship on 747's - all series 100 and some 200's
a typical day at Heathrow...
Oh look, an A319, and another, and another, and another... ah... a 380 (an ugly bus if there ever was one), a 747, a 340, a triple 7... now there's a novelty, a 737...
I missed Travolta's QANTAS 707 last year (or so) - a special fondness for them - the 6 months before the 747's was 7-Oh-Majors, right next to the Concorde pens... smallest jets I worked on were Ethiopian Airways 720's
A quote from a Boeing inspector looking at a ropey Dan (Dare you to fly it) Air 707 - I was waiting for some parts to be past back from the pilot seat when this grey haired late 50's head appeared from the electronics bay access (between the jump-seat and the captains seat) and said... "Jeez, only Boeing would place an electronics bay right under a toilet..." which is where the forward toilets were - a nice place to work on a hot summers day... he was wearing green overalls and failed to appreciate my comment about being stuck down there since they built her... (the apprentices wore green)
