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More info?)
747-400. Its the 400 series
Like a 737-800 would be called 738. The last seven is a given and replaced
by the series.
Bill
"VE5JL" <ve5jl@ve5jlHATES_SPAM.com> wrote in message
news:Z8iIe.111528$s54.83232@pd7tw2no...
> Great shot, does he have an larger res image of that shot?
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> I was not sure why they called it a 744 and not a 747.
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> Thx for the info.
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> "Beech45Whiskey" <pjricc@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:mml67gt7opaq.dlg@ID-259643.user.individual.net...
>> Beech45Whiskey <pjricc@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > VE5JL <ve5jl@ve5jlHATES_SPAM.com> wrote:
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>> >> When I was listening to the traffic the controller had a Pan Pan Pan
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>> >> KML 691. It's supposed to be a H/B744/W
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>> >> Is that a cargo conversion 747?
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>> > No, it is a passenger carrier. This aircraft landed at my home airport
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>> > Syracuse, NY. A friend of mine got a picture of it as it waited on the
>> > ground for the fueling operation to complete.
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>> Oh, by the way, the pilot reported 443 passengers and crew on board when
>> Syracuse Approach Control requested souls on board (a question ATC always
>> asks aircraft who declare an emergency, at least in the US).
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>> Peter
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