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World’s first Boeing 747-8 BBJ scrapped in US after just 30 flight hours
A Boeing 747-8 Business Jet (BBJ), the most luxurious ‘Queens of the Skies’ aircraft, will be dismantled at the Pinal Airpark boneyard in Marana, in the United States on December 19, 2022. (www.aerotime.aero) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I don't get it... the airplane was built and sent for interior modification in 2012, and its buyer "died unexpectedly in October 2021, around nine months before the scheduled delivery"? Where was it in the interim, and why didn't it have a buyer already when it was built? Did the original deal fall through, or something?
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The Boeing 747-8 BBJ was expected to become a special government plane to operate flights for the Saudi Arabian government, particularly to serve Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Abdul Aziz. However, the prince died unexpectedly in October 2021, around nine months before the scheduled delivery.
The Boeing 747-8 BBJ was expected to become a special government plane to operate flights for the Saudi Arabian government, particularly to serve Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Abdul Aziz. However, the prince died unexpectedly in October 2021, around nine months before the scheduled delivery.
Plug the engine air intakes, Use it like a tourist attraction. People would pay to go through every inch of that beautiful Queen of The Skies. Serve lunches halfway through the tour. Also shop the on-board Gift Shop. A for sure money maker.
I'd buy that for a dollar! (movie quote)
I am right down the road from Marana. I wish I could buy it.
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