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Boeing 747-400 | 1990



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Boeing 747-400 | 1990

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Airline - Royal Airways
Aircraft - Boeing 747-100 | G-ADSA
Delivered to the Royal Imperial Air Company, 1971
Transferred to Royal Airways, 1974
Stored at London Heathrow, 1995
Sold to BLTB Aviation Holdings, 1996
Leased to Barbados Airlines, 1998
Returned to BLTB Aviation Holdings, 1998
Sold to Private Owner, 1999
Sold to Air Khalij, 1999
Stored at Bandar Abbas International Airport, 2006
Livery - Standard 1988
Country - Great Britain

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Airline - Royal Airways
Aircraft - Boeing 747-400 | G-ROJA
Delivered to Royal Airways, 1990
Stored at Cardiff Airport, 2009
Stored at Victorville, 2010
Scrapped at Victorville, 2013
Livery - Standard 1988
Country - Great Britain

In 1990, Royal Airways took delivery of its first 747-400, registered G-ROJA. It operated the type's inaugural flight, to Washington Dulles, several days after being handed over to the airline. The 747-400 supplemented the airline's 747-100s and -200s and became the airline's new flagship. Also shown here is G-ADSA, the first 747 to be delivered to RIAC (Royal Airways' predecessor). Its seat map is the one at the top of the image attached below - by the late 80s, all the 747-100s and -200s in the fleet had been reconfigured to contain Empire Class (the airline's first Business Class product). As shown here, this configuration contained a lounge on the upper deck (which was later removed from the -200s, but remained installed on the 747-100s until their withdrawal from service), as well as 45 First Class seats, 92 Empire Class, and 236 Tourist Class. The interior layout of the -200s was almost the same as the one shown below, with a slightly different lounge layout on the upper deck. The hard products installed on newly delivered 747-400s were significantly improved from previous-generation 747s and even from the long-haul-configured 767s that Royal Airways had started taking delivery of two years prior. With twenty First Class seats capable of converting into almost fully flat beds and 96 Empire Class 'cradle' seats in a 2-3-2 setup (rather than 2-4-2 like on the 747-100s and -200s), both premium classes were noticeably more modern, and with 306 seats in Tourist Class, the capacity of the -400s was almost 50 passengers more than their predecessors.
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    nice the 747

    Awesome

    nice the 747

    Awesome

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    Smexy.

    That 741 is gorgeous!

    Smexy.

    That 741 is gorgeous!

    Thank you!

    fits the 741 rly well

    fits the 741 rly well

    Thanks, I think so too!