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Your life and thats really sad thing a pilot. i apologised to one once, "im really sorry. " we just use the machine and actually chew the aircraft up, and it gets sold off as scrap metal. im on a voyage to witness the last days of the jumbo jet and trace the pioneers that, half a century ago, put this giant in the sky. archive: the first giant 747 is presented to the world. people thought that an aeroplane this big just wouldnt fly. a symbol of power — beast of burden, and shes carried over 5 ...

Until the 1960s, aviation had been for the rich. but the founder of pan am juan trippe had a vision. so, this is a 747 named after my father, juan t tripp. were christening the first pan am 747 to come off the line. do you remember this? it was a magnificent day. what did your father want to achieve with the 747? he believed in the 747, that that would be an opportunity to really develop new markets where people could fly for a much lowerfare. conveniently, trippes best friend was the boss at bo...

The covid—i9 pandemic has decimated demand for air travel. worldwide, these giants of aviation are parking up — many to never fly again. british airways is scrapping its entire fleet of 31 7a7s. klm, virgin and qantas also saying goodbye. covid had a devastating impact on the aviation industry. we are not anticipating seeing particularly long—haul passenger demand return out to 2024—2025. there isnt enough demand to justify the use of a very large aircraft. loyal operators of the 747 ima...

For its. i am absolutely not prepared to take responsibility for this trade reduction deal that will end a lot of peoples jobs and send may be thousands of companies to the wall. i think therefore its important that those of us who are taking responsibility for its are able to put a much better alternative to the british people when this starts to go badly wrong asi when this starts to go badly wrong as i think it will quite soon. we will expect that vote in the house of lords shortly. thanks so...

Departure aircraft, clipper young america. seven hours late, paint still wet, they tried again. it was very, very, very quiet when we took off. do you think people were nervous? yes, of course, its for all of us a new thing. so we decided to start serving champagne, and a person told us, "hey, ladies, come on, "keep serving champagne, they wont even know if they open up "the air underground." it landed safely. today, those early engine problems might have grounded the fleet, back then, the size ...

Thats suffered so much bereavement and where the flags are still at half staff. the coronavirus outbreak has exposed so many of americas long—term ailments — its income and racial disparities, the dysfunction in washington, the rundown of its government and the politicisation of everything, even the wearing of facemasks. 2020, the year of the pandemic, and one that people here cant wait to consign to the past. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. lets look at some of the days other news now. the...

And so the engines come off first? the engines come off first, yeah. at air salvage international, mark gregory is already breaking up the unwanted 747s. it will be towed from here down to our break—up site. after we removed the last engine there. with so many being retired, theres not an awful lot of value in the aircraft as spare parts. a lucky few might be converted into freighters — the rest, crushed. we just use the machine and actually chew the aircraft up, and it gets sold off as scra...

Have been infected. the official tally was just 50 thousand, although china doesnt count cases where there are no symptoms. the french government is facing criticism over the slow pace of coronavirus vaccination since it began on sunday. 0nly around 100 people have had the jab so far, amid public scepticism. polls suggest only 40% of french people want to be inocculated. at least 22 people have been killed in an attack on the city of adens airport in yemen, soon after a plane carrying the countr...

The oxford/astrazeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the uk — 100 million doses are on order and it will be rolled out from next week. the news on the vaccine comes as the number of deaths reported in last 2a hours in the ukjumps to 981 and with covid infections surging, three quarters of englands population now face the toughest level of restrictions. in yeman, a rocket attack kills at least 20 people at an airport shortly after a plane carrying government officials touches down. the y...

Boeings very last two passenger 747s will replace this 30—year—old one. if youre the president of the united states, you want to have the biggest and the baddest aeroplane on the block. this is it. rock music plays bruce dickinson from rock band iron maiden is a licensed 747 pilot. he understands why the president refused a smaller twin—engine jet. on this aeroplane, youve got four engines, the aeroplane will fly on one. so you can lose three. if youre the president of the united states an...