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Posted by Ken Baker
on 6/7/2009, 10:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Boeing 747 at Le Bourget 1969..."
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No, Frank, I have no idea why or when they put their equipment out to pasture--It just seems a shame to see all that beauty torn apart and used for parts or worse, restaurants!!---Guess that's progress---Thanks again--KB
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: You're welcome,Ken.Glad to hear.Did you have
: any trouble finding the article?I noticed
: that it didn't turn blue on this page,after
: I typed it,but I guess you found it.Do you
: know why PAA sold this aircraft?I know she
: flew with Tower Air,and Evergreen,for a
: while.Was it the downsizing,or the wear of
: the aircraft itself??
: Thanks,Greetings.
: --Previous Message--
: Frank---Can't thank you enough for bringing
: up
: old pals of ours---I get a real kick outta
: searching out planes I've worked after you
: guys identify them---Guess it's what keeps
: me young---I engineered 731 3-4-77 110/05
: JFK/FCO
: 4-29-77 812 SYD/NAN
: 4-30-77 811 NAN/SYD
: 7-14-77 812 SYD/PPG
: -Until your note, I never realized that
: particular airplane was famous--They should
: have left a log for us---Thanks a million
: for the info--KB
: Hello,Panamairs.I have really started to
: make
: a hobby out of digging deep into the net's
: sources of information on your airline which
: unfortunatly vanished many years ago.Well,in
: doing so, I came across two photo's and a
: short article of the 1969 Paris Airshow at
: Le Bourget in France.The photos show a
: Boeing 747 displayed alongside the new
: Concorde.Her registration reads N731PA,and
: she already wears her cheatline,but no
: Clipper name,or PAA-logos'.Instead she wears
: Boeing titles.The article,however,is cut
: short because it ends mid-sentence.Those of
: you who would like to see her from the days
: before she was even named "Clipper
: Bostonian",Here's the adress:
:
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: www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969-2249.html
: Greetings.
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