'New Horizons' part Five - the final part! (Hooray! I hear you all groan!)
So weve finaly made it!. 54 hours 7 minutes 12 seconds after we left San francisco, via London, Cape Town and Auckand - here we are back at KSFO! She set 6 world records on this flight (although ive been unable as yet to find out just what they where!) but i beleive the time was again broken several times, eventualy by some sort of buisness jet....
Anyway thankyou for coming along with me through this journey - ive enjoyed putting it together, im a bit of a 747SP fan anyway (i know some dont care for it!) at times its done my head in (especialy Auckland!) and this set itself ive redone completley after not been that happy with it first time, other times it was a breeze and very simple to create nice looking shots which i hope youve enjoyed!
Its certainly put my creative skills to the test - 5 parts, 5 shots per part, all of the same aircraft, trying to make each one somewhat different!! I hope i kinda succeded! Id like to get the whole series together somehow but without spamming im not sure how - and i guess its not that important
Sad to say this aircraft, previously going round the word via the equator, and setting a record from New York to Tokyo, then doing the pole to pole journey ive related here - went through several incarnations at Pan Am - before it ended up at United - who kept her a little scruffy before finaly scrapping her in 1997. Incidently it was first SP to be scrapped.
Of only a short production run of 45, about 15 of these unique aircraft remain in service.
Anyway enough chit chat, heres the last in this epic series!
'New Horizons - San Francisco'
Homeward bound - Descent into KSFO
Wing View - Turning finals over a hazy San Francisco
Complex gear - Almost home
Touch down! - Stop the clock
Clipper Seven Seas - With a sister, journey done
Many thanks for looking 8-)
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