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  Air India Flight 855 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When it was delivered in April 1971, Air India had proudly proclaimed it as the "747th wonder of the world", and in keeping with their Maharaja motif, used the tagline "Your Palace in the Sky" to describe this wonderful new aircraft with an astonishingly detailed external paint scheme and equally fascinating interior design.
The 747 did have third ADI in the center of the console, but it was evidently not consulted.
The Captain continued to correct for his perception of the aircraft situation by further left bank and left rudder, causing the aircraft to rapidly lose altitude and crash into the Arabian Sea, killing all 190 passengers and 23 crew on board.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Air_India_Flight_855   (418 words)

  
 ★ Air New Zealand Information and Pictures
The airline retained Boeing's customer code of -19 assigned to NAC, so all Boeing aircraft built for the airline carry the -19 designation at the end of their model number.
To cover the loss of one third of Ansett's capacity, Air New Zealand provided Ansett with a 767 and a 747 from its own fleet on a charter basis, and additional aircraft were chartered from Singapore Airlines, Air Canada, and Emirates.
Deliveries would begin in 2005 (777) and 2008 (787), and the aircraft would be used to develop new routes and increase frequency on existing routes, as well as providing an overall increase in both passenger and cargo capacity.
www.mkiwi.com /New+Zealand+information/Air_New_Zealand.html   (3284 words)

  
 Shuttle
On 29 December 1970 Grumman and Boeing received contract NAS9-11160 to study two-stage-to-orbit shuttle configurations using both internal and external liquid hydrogen tanks.
Modification of a 747 to carry the orbiter on its back was chosen over two more costly alternatives that would have suspended it from a wing connecting two fuselages: a new design proposed by NASA LaRC, and a Lockheed proposal for two C-5A transports joined together.
Boeing 747 shuttle carrier aircraft delivered Nation: USA.
www.astronautix.com /lvs/shuttle.htm   (8762 words)

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