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hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com writes:

> For the first time in 48 years, you can't buy a ticket on a US 
> airline to fly on a Boeing 747. On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines 
> Flight 9771 touched down in Marana, Arizona, an arid boneyard 
> for stored and cannibalized jetliners. A three-hour-and-33-minute 
> journey from Atlanta.  The last of the airline's 16 jumbo 
> Boeing 747-400s flew to a desert retirement, ending operations 
> by passenger airlines in the United States.  Both Delta and 
> United Airlines have been saying goodbye to the jumbo for 
> months. A final domestic revenue flight, a last international 
> trip, a final charter. Those last trips became more of a 
> farewell tour than a formal end.  But Wednesday's departure on 
> ship 6314 was the true grand finale.
>
> full article with details and photos at:
> https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/delta-boeing-747-retirement-flight/index.html

re:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2018.html#28 1963 Timesharing: A Solution to Computer Bottlenecks
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2018.html#55 Now Hear This--Prepare For The "To Be Or To Do" Moment
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2018b.html#28 Important US technology companies sold to foreigners

took 2hr intro to computing at univ, following year I was hired fulltime
employee to be responsible for the IBM production mainframe systems.
Still undergraduate, summer 1969 was hired into the small group
(although I had taught them a one week, 40hr dataprocessing class during
spring break) attached to CFO in corporate hdqtrs (across from boeing
field) to help form Boeing Computer Service (consolidate all
dataprocessing in an independent business unit to better monetize the
investment, even offering services to non-Boeing entities). Sold to
SAIC in 1999
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/1999-06-11-Boeing-Announces-SAIC-to-Purchase-Boeing-Information-Services

I got basement apartment from 747 engineer & 747#3 was flying skies of
Seattle getting FAA flt certification.  There was some conflict between
CFO and head of Renton datacenter ...  CFO had 360/30 for printing
payroll, while Renton datacenter had something like $200M-$300M in IBM
mainframes, 360/65s were arriving faster than they could be installed,
boxes were constantly being staged in the hallways around the machine
room. There was also disaster plans to replicate the Renton datacenter
up at the new 747 plant at Paine field in Everett .... almost 49yrs ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747#Background

Early 80s, for some transgressions, I was transferred from San Jose
Research to Yorktown Research ... continued to live in San Jose, but had
to commute to Yorktown once or twice a month. I would work in San Jose
area on Monday and then catch the SFO->Kennedy redeye monday night and
be at YKT tuesday morning ... and then return Thursday or Friday
afternoon. Did a lot of PanAm 747 (also TWA, American) ... until they
sold their pacific routes & 747s to United ... and then sometimes flew a
(former) PanAm 747 ... but had United logo.
http://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/23/business/pan-am-plans-sale-of-pacific-routes-to-united-airlines.html

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