Abandoned/Forgotten

Blue Punto

I love looking at the abandoned classic car thread and went in search of the same for aircraft
Found a few of which this was one of the best Ive found so far

So Sad ...not for the faint hearted

If anyone finds other stuff post away and keep the thread going like the one in the classic cars forum

http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=17965

Blue Punto

Another one

The first Jumbo Jet to be flown commercially - rusting away, haunted by kitchen smells
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/04/abandoned-boeing-747-restaurant.html

Delancey

Jayz but that 747 is in a sorry state , cannot be the first commercial one though - that honour belongs to Pan Am ' Clipper Victory ' which was destroyed in the Tenerife collision disaster of 1977.

stopthepanic

Delancey wrote: »

Jayz but that 747 is in a sorry state , cannot be the first commercial one though - that honour belongs to Pan Am ' Clipper Victory ' which was destroyed in the Tenerife collision disaster of 1977.

Methinks, my old friend, that Delancey is correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_Victor

Blue Punto

stopthepanic wrote: »

Methinks, my old friend, that Delancey is correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_Victor

I dont doubt that he is

Somewhere along the line whoever made the website got the wrong information I just copied and pasted the link:D

It also states it was the second off the production line but other sources say it was the third.
Maybe it just got all mixed up in translation

It was however the First 747 to be delivered to PanAm for comercial use on but was not the first in service

Getting my anorak now

McWotever

Didn't the first one due to fly for Pan Am go tech hours before departure and another was brought in and named victory too to cover up the fact the original went tech?

Think it was mentioned in the recent Pam Am documentary on BBC.... Either that or I made it up in my head.

roundymac

That's right, the first commerical very nearly never got off the ground, luckly a fast substitution with another aircraft and the flight went ahead, with I think only a short delay. I wonder was that aircraft on stanby all fuel up and ready to go just in case?

Delancey

Pan Am had announced to the press that the first commercial 747 flight was to be undertaken by ' Clipper Young America ' but she went tech before the flight and rather than risk embarrassment by telling the press Pan Am hurriedly painted over the name on ' Clipper Victor ' and presented her as the Young America.
Planes reverted to their normal names once the real Clipper Young America was repaired.