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January 31, 2011
5:46 am

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707guy wrote:Are they planning on a 747-800 pax version? I thought it was only going to be a cargo plane?

yep, they are calling it the 747-800 Intercontinental. So Far there are more cargo customers than pax versions tho, i believe korean air and lufthansa are buying PAX versions tho.

January 31, 2011
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dimoko wrote:

707guy wrote:Are they planning on a 747-800 pax version? I thought it was only going to be a cargo plane?

yep, they are calling it the 747-800 Intercontinental. So Far there are more cargo customers than pax versions tho, i believe korean air and lufthansa are buying PAX versions tho.

Nice! That's good to know - I thought it was only a cargo version.

January 31, 2011
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707guy wrote:Are they planning on a 747-800 pax version? I thought it was only going to be a cargo plane?

You know what I'd love to see (and this may be my ignorance about such things talking)...I would love to see Boeing extend the upper deck the full length of the plane and have an aesthetically appealing response to the hideous monstrosity known as the A380.

January 31, 2011
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dimoko wrote:

707guy wrote:Are they planning on a 747-800 pax version? I thought it was only going to be a cargo plane?

yep, they are calling it the 747-800 Intercontinental. So Far there are more cargo customers than pax versions tho, i believe korean air and lufthansa are buying PAX versions tho.

For some reason Boeing changed the designation from -800 to -8, so it's now known as the 747-8 Intercontinental:

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February 2, 2011
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Here's a slightly different Boeing link for the same thing:

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February 5, 2011
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You gotta love how Boeing's site tries to bring the golden era of passenger flight into the 21st century. It would be great if the planes were that nice, the service was that good, the food was that tasty and the passengers that civilized.

That being said I will always remember my LAX->DEN 747 flight years ago!

February 8, 2011
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nconrad wrote:

RedNGold wrote:...since it was a larger plane with better leg room and places to stand...

I beg to differ there. I'm 6'5"

Geez dude you're a tower!! You got me by about 2 inches.

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