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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 and people are going to...

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 billion of us across the planet. cheers! now, ...

It was not something for the masses, particularly long—haul travel. we shouldnt be surprised that a 50—year—old aircraft is no longer fit for purpose. four engines rather than two, its technology is of the 60s and 70s. weve moved on a long way, and more than 787 or an a350, are probably between 30—50% more fuel efficient. in the boneyard, you get a chance to witness the sheer size of a jumbo. so, right now, im in the wing of a 747. but like a vast dinosaur, that size has now speeded its ...

At the founder of pan am juan tripp 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 boeing, bill allen. they were close friends, they wou...

People. i met a global shortage of medical supplies, help came in cash and kind, but corruption also threatened to delay response. exasperated health workers went on strike in kenya. there were protests also in south africa where senior members of the ruling party enc were implicated. senior members of the ruling party enc were implicatedlj have party enc were implicated.” have authorised a special investigative unit to probe any allegations relating to the misuse of covid—19 funds across al...

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 imagi...

He had every reason to be upset with this bill which is really the worst of washington. millions of americans in desperate need of assistance while congress, mostly with nancy pelosi refused to pass an aide to bill because they thought it might assist, might help president trump in the election. now that the presidential election is over, they pass the bill, its close to 6,000 pages long, it has all sorts of completely unrelated stuff in it like aid for cambodia or pakistan or a new museum throu...

On appointment assistance o away on saturday so this was already having real-world consequences and that was something we heard from lawmakers all day today that this was we need to know what to do here in the president was not tipping his hand prayed he not spoken to reporters since he arrived in morro largo on wednesday evening with the first lady for his christmas pique should. hes at the trump international golf club, not too far away from marta lago where he had dinner and white house says ...

To do, what kind of person is this, why did he pick him or her. >> the vice presidential decision, the decision making process has to be very thorough and very deliberate, because its the peoples chance to see how a person would make decisions as president. >> good evening. george bush has chosen the man he wants to run with him. dan quayle is a junior senator. he is 41 years old which mr. bush sees as part of his appeal. he has the conservative credentials. >> get back to the room. call this nu...

Start of the pandemic-- almost two-thirds, people of color. and many patients arent well months after infection, like sacramento firefighter matt rogge. he got sick in july and is still in lung rehab. >> i didnt think twice about putting my gear on, grabbing the hose and going up four, five flights of stairs, and now it actually takes a lot more effort to get that done. >> diaz: for everyone, this will be a new years eve like no other-- parties canceled, crowds banned, hope hard to come by. but,...