Final Boeing 747 leaves crowning legacy in the skies with flight path

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https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/final-boeing-747-leaves-crowning-legacy-in-the-skies-with-flight-path

Final Boeing 747 leaves crowning legacy in the skies with flight path

BY
JEAN CARMELA LIM
2023-02-02
1 MINUTE READ



The final Boeing 747 departed Everett, Washington’s Paine Field airport (PAE) on the morning of February 1, 2023 and landed at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) where it will become a freighter for Atlas Air.

However, before flight 5Y 747 completed its over six-hour, 3,300+ kilometer journey, it left a crowning legacy in the skies.

In a nod to its nickname “Queen of the Skies”, the final B747 aircraft, registered N863GT, flew an interesting flight path shortly after its takeoff, forming a flight path in the shape of a crown with the numbers 747 below.

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1. QANTAS Final 747 Flight Flies A Kangaroo Flight Pattern (2020)

https://www.travelcodex.com/qantas-final-747-flight-flies-a-kangaroo-flight-pattern/#:~:text=Final%20Flight,heading%20east%20of%20the%20ocean.



QANTAS kangaroo flight pattern. Image credit: Flightradar 24.

[jmowreader]

2. I can just imagine what was going through the Atlas pilot's mind as he taxied...

...to the end of the runway at Everett.

"I'm the last person in the world who will ever have the honor of doing this."

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3. You're not fooling anyone. ALIENS did that!