The final 747.

[Jazajia]

Very lame work by Atlas! This bird deserved a true special livery. This sticker, despite a good homage to the father of the 747, was already done by Cargolux before, and doesn't celebrate the final Jumbo at all. Quite underwhelming.

Indeed, you could even argue that the Cargolux one was better...

Yes and yes... seems like an afterthought too.

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Regarding the Phoenix vs. NG debate, here are the words of an admittedly subjective collector: Get whatever you want and enjoy it. The Phoenix mold is not bad. Let's be thankful that it is not a 747-200 or -400 that we are talking about here. It could have been JC's mold also. Plus, chronologically speaking, whether we like it or not, the Phoenix release will be the 1:400 model commemorating the delivery of the last 747. If NG wanted to be the manufacturer in charge of doing so, they could have started by having their mold out by now. You can always also get the NG one when it comes out to commemorate NG's first 747-8F release IF they ever do so. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

 

[Florian]

Am I the only one who had to Goggle what Apex Logistics was when this livery was unveiled?

Nope, I'm guilty of that too!

same!

I guess Apex Logistics reached one of their marketing goals with that plane. And you never know, one day maybe one of us needs industrial shipping and then goes back to them…

 

[Florian]

…just for curiosity, I checked this 747 in flightradar24 right now and it seems as if it’s not in use yet. That makes me wonder as it’s brand new and considering the costs a grounded aircraft generates…

 

[Alzyerpal]

She's currently enroute back to Everett. Are they sending her back for some reason I wonder ?

 

[Florian]

She's currently enroute back to Everett. Are they sending her back for some reason I wonder ?

Yes, I just saw it as well. Maybe some defect? But in that case I wonder if we’ll ever get some information on that…

 

[Alzyerpal]

Yes, I just saw it as well. Maybe some defect? But in that case I wonder if we’ll ever get some information on that…

I just saw this posted on a.net...

 

[Purpleplane]

Yep, I had no idea either.

 

[OscarBravo992]

Odd… Most likely a defect, and we will probably be able to tell from how much time it spends there.

 

[Alzyerpal]

Odd… Most likely a defect, and we will probably be able to tell from how much time it spends there.

No, no, read the screenshot I posted above.

 

[OscarBravo992]

No, no, read the screenshot I posted above.

Oh, whoops, thanks!