My favourite airliner is still and always be the Queen of the Skies. The Boeing 747. Call it Jumbo Jet or MegaTop or any names you like. To me, it's the real Queen of the Skies.
It is cute too. It looks like a rabbit. Other planes look like flying dildos.
Some would argue, The Concorde is the Queen too. Well, with that much drag, it's a drag queen with a rhinoplasty. No offense, but although fast, it's boring. It's hotter, noisier the exact words one use to describe drag queen.
Tupolev do manufacture supersonic aircraft too. But it's gross. Literally. 144 is a gross. Ask your maths teacher.
More and more airlines retire 747 from their fleet in favour to newer, more efficient or bigger aircraft. Only a few ordered the 747-8, the latest variant of the Jumbo with passenger configuration. Lufthansa has the most orders.
In the past, having a Jumbo jet in your fleet is a luxury. A prestige. Singapore Airlines used to market their airlines using Jumbo Jets (and Singapore Girls of course). MegaTops. After receiving the first Super Jumbo, their tagline changes into "The First To Fly A380". And eventually, phasing off their 747s.
Is my favourite airliner an endangered species?
p/s KLM is retiring their MD-11. If only I have the chance to fly in one. An American Classic.
144 is gross. Ask your maths teacher.
ReplyDeleteOMG! I nearly choked on my roti canai at that one!
Here's a little story. When I first added the word 'gross' to my vocabulary, it was for that exact definition: 12 dozen. 144.
Now gross means something else. I weep for the old times.
Teehee!