British Airways med flot farvel til Luftens Dronning

FAIRFORD, ENGLAND - JULY 20: A British Airways special liveried Boeing 747 takes to the skies alongside the Red Arrows during the 2019 Royal International Air Tattoo on July 20, 2019 at RAF Fairford, England. The Boeing 747 has been painted in the airline's predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) livery to mark British Airways' centenary this year. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images for British Airways)

I dag letter de sidste to Boeing 747 i British Airways-flåden for sidste gang. Dermed bliver det også enden på en lang og glorværdig karriere for Luftens Dronning hos det engelske flyselskab. De to fly vil lette samtidigt fra Heahrow for at markere enden på en æra.

British Airways har som en konsekvens af Corona-krisen besluttet at pensionere deres flåde af Boeing 747-fly. Tilbage i London Heathrow er nu to eksemplarer af flytypen, som i dag kl. 08.30 engelsk tid vil lette simultant fra Heathrow og dermed tage afsked med de engelske rejsende.

De to fly – med registreringsnumrene G-CIVB og G-CIVY er malet i British Airways retro-bemaling “Negus” samt i den nuværende “Chatham Dockyard” bemaling.

Den ekstraordinære afgang, hvor de to fly skal lettet simultant fra paralelle startbaner bliver altså også afslutning på en æra for Boeing 747 hos British Airways. Efter afgang vil et af flyene (G-CIVY som er malet i den nuværende bemaling) flyve langs den sydlige startbane for at sige et endeligt farvel til Heathrow.

For at markere pensioneringen af flytypen, så inviterer British Airways alle til at dele fotos og minder om Boeing 747 på sociale medier – med hashtagget #BA747farewell – gerne kl. 07.47 og kl. 19.47 (7.47pm).

British Airways vil også livestreame afskeden på deres Facebook side.

Ifølge flere kilder, så vil British Airways bevare et enkelt eksemplar af Boeing 747, som skal placeres i Cotsworld Airlines i Kemble, Gloucestershire efter sin sidste flyvning i dag. Det bliver flyet i “Negus” bemaling (G-CIVB).

Her kan du se en billedkavalkade af Boeing 747’s lange karriere hos British Airways:

Boeing 747-200
Foto: Eduard Marmet. Wikimedia – Creative Commons. http://www.airliners.net/photo/British-Airways/Boeing-747-236B/0132489/L/
LONDON, UK:
British Airways 747 in Landor livery ankommer til London Heathrow 9. marts 2019.
(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
LONDON, UK:
British Airways 747 i Landor livery ankommer til London Heathrow 9. marts 2019.
(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
A Boeing 747 long-range wide-body four engined commercial jet airliner for the BOAC – British Overseas Airways Corporation flying above the United Kingdom on 7 April 1971. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
LONDON, UK:
British Airways 747 in Landor livery arrives at London Heathrow on 09 March 2019.
(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, and a British Airways Boeing 747 delighted the crowds with a flypast at this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. The Boeing 747 has been painted in the airline’s predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) livery to mark British Airways’ centenary this year. This weekend, the Red Arrows are performing in the UK for the final time this season – before embarking on their biggest-ever tour of North America.
Imagery taken from Red 10’s aircraft piloted by Red 10, Sqn Ldr Adam Collins with Circus 10, Cpl Ashley Keates, Photographer in the rear seat.
LONDON, UK:
British Airways 747 in Landor livery arrives at London Heathrow on 09 March 2019.
(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
LONDON, UK:
British Airways 747 in Landor livery arrives at London Heathrow on 09 March 2019.
(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
LONDON, UK:
British Airways 747 in Landor livery arrives at London Heathrow on 09 March 2019.
(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
British Airways Negus 747 Aircraft
Taken: 21st March 2019
Picture by: Stuart Bailey
Today 20th July 2019, the Red Arrows performed a flypast with a British Airways Boeing 747 over the Royal International Air Tattoo.
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, and a British Airways Boeing 747 delighted the crowds with a flypast at this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. The Boeing 747 has been painted in the airline’s predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) livery to mark British Airways’ centenary this year.
This weekend, the Red Arrows are performing in the UK for the final time this season – before embarking on their biggest-ever tour of North America.
LONDON, UK:
British Airways 747 in Landor livery arrives at London Heathrow on 09 March 2019.
(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
LONDON, UK:
British Airways 747 in Landor livery arrives at London Heathrow on 09 March 2019.
(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
LONDON, UK:
British Airways 747 in Landor livery arrives at London Heathrow on 09 March 2019.
(Picture by Nick Morrish/British Airways)
Landing Aircraft
Taken: 21st March 2019
Picture by: Stuart Bailey

 

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