Qantas Sent Boeing 747-400 to Graveyard
Qantas Sent Boeing 747-400 to Graveyard. As part of its plan to recall its former Boeing 747-400 fleet in the next few years, Qantas Airways has sent another of its 747s in the Mojave Desert for permanent rest. VH-OJT, a 19-year veteran of Qantas, flew his last flight from Los Angeles International Airport to the Mojave air and space port, just 80 miles away, after three days of normal flight between Australia and the United States.
Three days later, on Tuesday, September 25, Fraser Island made the informal flight, taking off just before noon for their retirement flight. While driving from the maintenance facilities at the west end of the airport, the plane proceeded down runway 25R for the last time, passing in front of its colleagues with whom it traveled through the skies.
Leaving Los Angeles for the last time, OJT flew the 25-minute flight through southern California, unusual for a Qantas 747 that used to fly Australian long-haul flights around the world. According to FlightAware, the aircraft never touched more than 14,000 feet during the short flight. Upon reaching Mojave, the plane made a low approach on runway 30 before moving and landing for the last time.
In the weeks prior to the last flight to Mojave, VH-OJT visited California several times, flying many flights to Los Angeles, but also to other destinations, such as Hong Kong. Last month, the same plane made the last 747 trip from Brisbane-Los Angeles-New York and Qantas assigned the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner instead.
The aircraft was delivered to Qantas in December 1999, 10 years after Qantas received its first Boeing 747-400 in 1989. It was equipped with four Rolls Royce RB.211 engines and a four-class configuration to serve long-haul flights. The airline. Fly to destinations as far away as London and New York at that time.
Throughout his career, Australia has been the only home that VH-OJT has known. Now, the device joins the long list of aircraft that have retreated in the southwestern United States, including the first Boeing 777 offered by Cathay Pacific at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
While the 747 days counted Qantas, relegated to a handful of roads and surrounded by new aircraft such as the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and the Airbus A380, the withdrawal of one of these iconic aircraft remains a loss for the aviation industry in general. Qantas plans to retire the rest of its fleet of 747 by 2022, with the plane missing from Los Angeles before the end of the year.
Qantas Sent Boeing 747-400 to Graveyard, pic: Boeing 747-400 in Mojave Desert
The last trans-Pacific flight departed from Brisbane on September 22 and flew 13 hours to Los Angeles before arriving just before 2 pm. After all the passengers had left the plane for the last time, the plane, nicknamed Fraser Island, was towed to the Qantas maintenance plant in Los Angeles, where the Qantas name and logo were covered. prepare for the desertThree days later, on Tuesday, September 25, Fraser Island made the informal flight, taking off just before noon for their retirement flight. While driving from the maintenance facilities at the west end of the airport, the plane proceeded down runway 25R for the last time, passing in front of its colleagues with whom it traveled through the skies.
Leaving Los Angeles for the last time, OJT flew the 25-minute flight through southern California, unusual for a Qantas 747 that used to fly Australian long-haul flights around the world. According to FlightAware, the aircraft never touched more than 14,000 feet during the short flight. Upon reaching Mojave, the plane made a low approach on runway 30 before moving and landing for the last time.
In the weeks prior to the last flight to Mojave, VH-OJT visited California several times, flying many flights to Los Angeles, but also to other destinations, such as Hong Kong. Last month, the same plane made the last 747 trip from Brisbane-Los Angeles-New York and Qantas assigned the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner instead.
The aircraft was delivered to Qantas in December 1999, 10 years after Qantas received its first Boeing 747-400 in 1989. It was equipped with four Rolls Royce RB.211 engines and a four-class configuration to serve long-haul flights. The airline. Fly to destinations as far away as London and New York at that time.
Throughout his career, Australia has been the only home that VH-OJT has known. Now, the device joins the long list of aircraft that have retreated in the southwestern United States, including the first Boeing 777 offered by Cathay Pacific at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
While the 747 days counted Qantas, relegated to a handful of roads and surrounded by new aircraft such as the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and the Airbus A380, the withdrawal of one of these iconic aircraft remains a loss for the aviation industry in general. Qantas plans to retire the rest of its fleet of 747 by 2022, with the plane missing from Los Angeles before the end of the year.
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