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New photo

I personally think a photo of a Pan Am plane is worse, I like the Iberia one better. Change it! Jayiscool1999 (talk) 14:01, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Jayiscool1999, you Iberia (airline) looks worse than the Pan Am one, too reddish and too yellowish. Replace it with a rather cool, blue themed Olympic one. BuddyHeigh (talk) 20:05, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Canterbury Tail, I was informed by you to talk for consensus in the talk page. Now, An Olympic Airlines 747-200 rather looks beautiful(to me) rather than the Iberia (airline) one. Now, Iberia is sometimes not even known to operate 747, as due to their limited operations. But Olympic Airlines was rather a larger operator. So, I prefer an Olympic Airlines 747-200 photo. BuddyHeigh (talk) 19:55, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree. The Olympic one is not a good photo. The subject and the background are too similar in colour pallet which prevents the viewer from getting a good sense of the outline and shape of the 747 in the image. It's a pretty terrible composition all told. The Iberia one on the otherhand has a very clear view of the 747, you can make out its shape very easily. Another could be found, but it's compositionally and from a clarity perspective far superior to the Olympic image. And incidentally Olympic was not a large operator of the 747, but a rather smaller operator. They only ever had 7 in their entire operational lifetime and they operated them for less time than Iberia. Canterbury Tail talk 22:50, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Haha! I don't have only one photo of an Olympic 747 at Wikimedia Commons. I have tens! BuddyHeigh (talk) 20:45, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You don't appear to have any, at least not under this account. Canterbury Tail talk 23:50, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

747s first crash

Lufthansa Flight 540 was the first fatal crash of a 747. On November 20, 1974, it stalled and crashed moments after taking off from Nairobi, with 59 deaths and 98 survivors. The cause was an error by the flight engineer in combination with a lack of a sufficient warning system.

174.27.73.201 (talk) 00:52, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is mentioned in the daughter article Boeing 747 hull losses. Acroterion (talk) 01:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

N7470

There's an article that has been created based on the first Boeing 747. So I would suggest we insert links to the N7470 in the preservation section or however you call it. 14.2.34.249 (talk) 02:12, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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To add links to the City of Everett aircraft. 14.200.225.254 (talk) 08:27, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Operations

Greetings from fellow Wikipedian BuddyHeigh! A problem about the last operator of the 747-200. Yes, it is true that Iran Air was the last commercial operator of the 747-200. But Kabo Air, the Nigerian airline that ceased operations on commercial passenger flights and continues operations on charter passenger flights and Hajj Flights, operates one Boeing 747-200, 5N-MAD, but it is stored for maintenance. If any Wikipedian finds this information useful, please change the information about the operations of the 747-200. Thanks! BuddyHeigh, A Wikipedian at Wikipedia BuddyHeigh (talk) 14:54, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New Image

Does an Iran Air image look better than the Iberia one?(At least it's more colourful than the Iberia one, it has some blue) Here is the image:- https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boeing_747-286BM,_Iran_Air_AN0763716.jpg BuddyHeigh (talk) 14:04, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello? Anybody...User:McSly...or User:Stepho-wrs? Anybody please reply to my image changing request. If it's wrong, please inform or if it's correct, also inform. BuddyHeigh (talk) 14:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Either image is fine but I prefer the Iberian one. Pics from below taken during take off or landing are a dime a dozen but pics from above in the air are much rarer. Stepho talk 22:36, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Stepho-wrs. Although, I don't have a strong preference either way. --McSly (talk) 20:38, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lead doesn't work

To a lay reader the lead seems very much too detailed. "In Wikipedia, the lead section is an introduction to an article and a summary of its most important contents... The average Wikipedia visit is a few minutes long. The lead is the first thing most people read upon arriving at an article, and may be the only portion of the article that they read. It gives the basics in a nutshell ... The lead should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic. I think the lead currently fails on all these points. I would appreciated that someone who knows about 747s could write a lead that synopsises the key areas. WP:LEAD. Thanks Anna (talk) 21:55, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

747-100

B741s had the 6 window as an option, British Airways flew theirs with up to 12 or more. It's all based on what was located in the upper deck, a bar, a lounge, a suite, or more seats. some B741s also had the SUD option 2A02:C7C:9B27:1600:40DE:88FF:FED2:2320 (talk) 06:41, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the "747-300" section, the article already mentions that the SUD was introduced in the -300 but was also available as a retrofit and as an option on any new build -100 and -200.

The "747-100" section mentions 6 windows (3 per side) and also mentions 10 per side if used for passenger seating. Stepho talk 06:49, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]