[ Post a Response | Pan Am Stories Message Board ]
Posted by Mark Smith
on 11/11/2007, 7:40 am
220.237.91.128
Hi everyone i worked for QANTAS BACK IN THE EARLY YEARS WHEN OUR 707 JETS AND OUR FIRST 747B 238 JETS STARTED TO ROLL INTO THE FLEET. Can anyone tell me what happen to this 747 jet called Clipper Witch of the Wave a sister aircraft to Clipper Water Witch. N4711U WAS THIS PAN AM'S JET OWNED OUT RIGHT OR DID IT BELONG TO SOME OTHER CARRIER. IS SHE STORED AT ALL. MIND YOU I CAN SAY THEY WERE NICE AIRCRAFT COMPARED TO OUR QANTAS 747-238 JUMBO'S WHICH OUR KANGAROO CARRIER HELD ONTO UNTIL THEY WERE SENT TO THE SCRAP MAN THEY WERE FLYING ON VERY THIN OR A FINE LINE UNTIL THE 747-438 TS CAME INTO QANTAS. I DO REMEBER SEEING WHEN PAN AM COLLAPSED IN 1991 SIX 747 JETS PAINTED UN INTITLED BUT ONLY THE REGO'S AND THE LITTLE AMERICAN FLAG ON THE TAIL BRINGING THEM TO THE QANTAS HANGERS UP FOR SALE. THEY SOON DISAPPEARED BACK TO MARANA. POOR THINGS. PITTY QANTAS DIDN'T BY THEM FOR CARGO JETS OR COMBI'S. THANK YOU
BY THE WAY PANAMAIRS OUR 747-338 ABORIGINE JUMBO THE BLUE GREEN COLOUR VH-EBU NANJAI DREAMING IS SITTING AT AVALON STORAGE WAITING FOR THE SCRAP MAN TO TAKE HER TO MARINA FOR DISMANTLING. A NEW A330 JET IS BEING PAINTED UP TO REPLACE HER.
MARK SMITH\former QANTAS AIRWAYS employee SYD,
Message Thread:
« Back to thread