Boeing 747-400 25th Anniversary
(Boeing 747-400)


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Pilots participating

EHM-1001 Robert Szikszo

WSSS

Difficulty

Medium. Long paved runways (except for TNCM), but do not underestimate the challenge of flying heavies! Most legs are purposely shorter than your average B744 flight, but there are a couple of long hauls as well to give a taste of the real thing.

Description

In 1989, the first Boeing 747-400 did its maiden flight from back home at Boeing Field to Phoenix, Arizona. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of this amazing aircraft, which Euroharmony has been using for a long time, this event will lead through some historic destinations of the Queen. We will of course start with the flight to Phoenix, as well of the hubs of the first international airlines who used the B744: KLM and Singapore Airways. We will also fly a leg from Anchorage, Alaska to Tokyo Narita, a flight to which two bizarre historic incidents are related: the first ever flight to feel the effects of volcanic ash, but also a crew who successfully flew and landed an aircraft with severe rudder damage (thanks also to the B744 unique designs, having separate rudder halves, only one of which was damaged). The image of a B744 landing at St Maarten is also an aviation classic, so this will be part of the event as well. In between, we will also visit more airports which have seen a lot of B744 traffic in the last 25 years.

Legs

Leg	Origin	Destination	Radial	Distance	Opens	Closes	Award
1	KPAE Snohomish Co	KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl	151 deg	985 nm	29/04/2014	27/05/2014	-
2	KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl	PANC Anchorage Intl	318 deg	2,215 nm	06/05/2014	03/06/2014	-
3	PANC Anchorage Intl	RJAA New Tokyo Intl (Narita)	240 deg	2,977 nm	13/05/2014	17/06/2014	-
4	RJAA New Tokyo Intl (Narita)	VHHH Hong Kong Intl	239 deg	1,600 nm	27/05/2014	24/06/2014	-
5	VHHH Hong Kong Intl	WSSS Changi	204 deg	1,385 nm	03/06/2014	01/07/2014	-
6	WSSS Changi	VOBG Bangalore	293 deg	1,713 nm	10/06/2014	08/07/2014	-
7	VOBG Bangalore	OMDB Dubai Intl	300 deg	1,461 nm	17/06/2014	15/07/2014	-
8	OMDB Dubai Intl	LLBG Ben Gurion	290 deg	1,151 nm	24/06/2014	22/07/2014	-
9	LLBG Ben Gurion	EHAM Schiphol	312 deg	1,788 nm	01/07/2014	29/07/2014	-
10	EHAM Schiphol	TNCM Princess Juliana Intl	237 deg	3,744 nm	08/07/2014	12/08/2014	-
11	TNCM Princess Juliana Intl	KMIA Miami Intl	295 deg	1,063 nm	22/07/2014	19/08/2014	-
12	KMIA Miami Intl	KPAE Snohomish Co	303 deg	2,372 nm	29/07/2014	26/08/2014

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