The last Boeing 747 to ever be produced traced the shape of a crown in the sky as she made her maiden flight
For decades she’s been dubbed “queen of the skies” and now it’s official – kind of. . Cargo operator Atlas Air took delivery of the jumbo jet on Tuesday, in a ceremony that was livestreamed online to avgeeks around the world. The aircraft left Boeing’s plant in Everett, Washington, and flew to Cincinnati the following day. During the seven-hour flight, the pilots took the chance to “draw” the crown in the sky, along with a “747” nested within the shape.
The team initially had the idea of writing “forever incredible” in the sky, but “it would have taken more time and area than we had.” Then an employee had a lightbulb moment: they should draw a crown. “The first [design] had more points on the crown,” he said – but testing it in a flight simulator made it again too complicated. The flight crew worked with the performance engineering team to create the design, make sure the turns were compliant, and then finalized plans with air traffic control.
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