Kyle's 747 Story
“Growing up in a regional town of Queensland, my childhood was that of farming and agriculture…”
Paul's 747 Story
My first time of both seeing a 747, and flying was at age 8, at Auckland on 5 May 1977, when the family did a long holiday to England. Walking up to the gleaming 747 via air stairs, this then kid was pretty wowed, to say the least, by PAN-AM's series 100, N750PA 'Clipper Rambler'…
Ian's 747 Story
I'm an aviation enthusiast living in Manila. About a year ago, I was browsing through the internet and came upon the story of Qantas doing the last round of domestic flights in the Boeing 747. Without hesitation, I booked myself on my first Australian trip just to be on it. The flight was scheduled for February 17, 2020, on flight QF400 from Melbourne to Sydney. Looking at the flight number I said to myself, how aptly designated it was for the Series 400…
Matthew's 747 Story
Being born precisely one week after the tragic Canary Islands Disaster of 1977, perhaps I was destined to hold a strong interest in the 747 and aviation in general.
My first flight to anywhere came onboard a Qantas 747-200, the majestic City of Elizabeth. She took my Dad and me all the way up to Singapore back in January 1991. If I can think back that far, I was astonished by the level of power these aircraft had speeding down the runway at over 300kmh. You will never forget your first take-off!…
Leslie's 747 Story
The 747-400 and 747-400ER allowed me to meet my now wife of 20 years. She lived near Fort Worth, Texas, USA and I lived near Adelaide, South Australia…
Bryan's 747 Story
Just before turning 18, I joined Qantas as a cadet in Feb 1969, I finished the course at the end of 1970 & headed out on secondment in General Aviation for a year to get flying experience, before returning as a Second Officer…
Klaus' 747 Story
I live on Gabriola Island, B.C. The only way to visit my homeland "Austria" is to travel on a Lufthansa 747 from YVR to Munich and then take a train. The last time I did this was at least 15 years ago. The flight crew let me watch on the flight deck over Greenland…
Alvin's 747 Story
I was a little young kid when I first stepped onto a Qantas B747-400. The view from the window - the image of the wing against the breathtaking and serene sunrise - as the Queen of the Skies flew me to Sydney was just simply breathtaking, and it remains vividly etched in my memories …
Antonio & Marco's 747 Story
I live in Brazil and I have a daughter and grandson living in Coffs Harbor and in the last 10 years I have visited Australia 22 times, and many times I have flown in the Queen of the Skies, the 747 Qantas in my favorite
Annette's 747 Story
For the past 12 years, I have flown Qantas to Peru via Syd to Santiago Chile. (Sometimes a few times a year) I have always been well looked after and one trip, in particular, stands out. After a torrid time in Brazil having been robbed and assaulted I got my upgrade…
Tim's 747 Story
As a new Second Officer in 1986, I spent only a couple of years on the 747 Classic and would not rejoin the 747 ranks until 2006, when I was lucky enough to enjoy the pleasure of flying the 744. There were many highlights in the 6 years I spent on the fleet beginning with a demonstration of the placid nature of the jet following an engine shutdown…
Paul's 747 Story
Looking back May 2002, I can remember when I stepped my foot for the very first time on Qantas Boeing 747 from Los Angeles to Sydney when I was in college, I felt home. I travelled to Australia for one month. I was so super lucky, I was supposed to fly in economy on my return flight back to LA, an agent took my economy ticket and tore it and gave me the new boarding pass…
Sanjay's 747 Story
In 1992 I flew on Malaysian Airlines from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur via Melbourne. Was able to get a seat in the jump seat all the way from take off to landing on the Sydney Melbourne Leg. A once in a lifetime experience…
Edie's 747 Story
I’m a Leading Hand at SIT Fleet replenishing stock on the 747 was a big job but for many of us was a favourite aircraft I’ve flew on them and worked on them my first real memory was an early shift in 2015 with a water canon ceremony on arrival of OJT…
Greg's 747 Story
I’m a retired Qantas Engineer; trained by Qantas with 42 years service. I remember the 747 very well from the early model 238 (38 meaning Qantas’s Boeing customer number) then the 338 and the SP and of course the 438’s and the 438ER’s the last version to leave Qantas. I can remember when they Qantas sort to purchase the 747 with the company having an artist paint an impression of the size of the aircraft on the tarmac…
Rowena's 747 Story
In 1972 I was a member of the 40 strong Linnet Girls’ Choir from Sydney. We represented Australia in July of that year at the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, North Wales. We had some sponsorship from QANTAS, our travel bags were provided by QANTAS and we flew both ways to London in a QANTAS 747. What an amazing plane it was…