Fav Boeing?

[SideWinder9]

Well, the only aircraft I've flown for FS is the default 737, 747, and 777. But out of those I choose the 747. I love taking those long haul, overseas flights. I've also been noted to make nice, smooth landings with it...usually  

In real life I guess it would be the 777. I don't fly them of course (I'm only 15) but I've had more experience with it than the others. Once at Boeing Field in Seattle, I watched a 777 (Boeing Colors, I guess?) thunder down the taxiway, take off, and roar into the skies. It was an awesome moment. Here's a pic of it from Airliners.net. The picture shows it landing and the next day I watched it take off  

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/456337/M/

EDIT Just found a link to the aircraft above. Did it get a repaint and now belongs to JAL Airlines? *Note the same Aircraft ID*

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/568996/M/

Tsunami- That plane you watched Takeoff in the "Boeing Scheme" was the first ever built 777-300ER! You are one lucky Guy! I bet the roar of those GE 90-115Bs was awesome!

[ReverseThrust]

I would love to see the test 777-300ER!  
I voted 747.  In majesty, beauty, impressiveness (is that a word!?), size, and feeling of power, the 747 cannot be beat!

[tsunami_KNUW]

Wow is it really that famous? (777-300ER?!) It was an awesome sight though. I still wonder after it took off where it went. I do know though that prior to its visit in Seattle it was in Sydney, Australia  8) A beautiful plane!

[Akula.]

What i dont get is why they dont replace the 747's engines with GE90-115Bs. i mean, they would double, no, triple the power, and they dont eat up more fuel than the originals. i design planes, and most of my bomber designs use the GE90-115B cos it has so much power and range.
Akula

[Craig.]

their size and weight dont make it a viable option. The ground clearance on the test engine they used on the 747 was less than 5cm one heavy landing and wave bye bye to all said engines.

[Nexus]

IMHO, size and weight is the issue, not the ground clearance. If Boeing really wanted those Ge90's they would just slung them directly under the wing, skipping the elegant struts. Just like they had to do with the first 737's

Akula_dude, the total ZFW would rise skyhigh, while passenger capacity would be un changed. So here you have a plane that weighs much more but can't accomodate more passengers. Now is that economical  :)

[Akula.]

good point. but i do like the engine. too bad it's too big for a fighter (imagine an F-16 with 115000lb of thrust ), but it's an excellent engine for powering bombers and civilian jets.
Akula

[sdodsworth]

My loyalties are split. The 720 (a hot rod 707) was my first commercial flight back in '79 I think (G-ALKM or something like that). Monarch Airlines Luton to Venice and return. I remember plucking up the courage (despite very off hand attendants) and getting on the flight deck at FL400 approaching Paris at night on the return trip. A real buzz for a 13 year old on a school skiing trip. Beat the skiing by miles....

Then again, I've had some good trips on the 757. Worked for the CAA at one time and rode jump seat LHR - EDI - LHR all the way on a 757, which was good, and done similar trips when I worked for AERAD when it was still owned by BA. A truly beautiful LHR-FCO-LHR trip when all sorts of funny things went wrong , but with a breathtaking return over the alps at dusk and cloudbusting into LHR off the BIG VOR after sunset. Utterly gorgeous. But probably the most amazing take off I've had in a 75 was one cold February afternoon with few pax and not too much fuel on a LHR_MAN shuttle when I had another 'familiarisation flight' on the jump seat. We departed R/W 09R and were airborne as we passed the westernmost cargo shed. That's a take off roll of 2000 feet!!! I checked it out on the chart when we returned just to make sure. Still, no more flights like that as I don't work for an airline anymore.

Sorry to bore you all, but it was nice to reminisce.

[Craig.]

reminisce away:) Always good to hear these occurances even moreso now that they cant happen

[sdodsworth]

Don't get me started, Craig...

[YodaNYC]

of course it's the 737 for me.  Although, I do like the glass cockpit of the 717 which is the main bird flown by AirTran..

[Nexus]

wow, that's exactly how I feel aswell Yoda, great stuff  ;D

That glasscockpit is a replica of the MD11 (well almost), which is why it difers so much from the Boeing glasscockpit interface, I like it however