One of the complaints of the pilots of load was his schedule, since they have to madrugar but that the others, but the can see the amaneceres from here up think that compensates this problem.
In the following video can see as it is a trip in a day any one in one of these aeroplanes of load.
Like this it titles the following video, and the reason is very simple. In the can see some spectacular scenes taken during the flight of a Boeing 747-200. The camera was put behind the train of leading landing of the aeroplane, focusing to the tail, by what sees the inferior part of this gigantic aeroplane. The flight was JNB-MPM (Johannesburg, South Africa – Maputo, Mozambique).
The vibrations that see in the video are owed to the enormous strength of the wind.
Such and as we announced in the articulate previous, and with something more than a year of delay on the initially due date and after one expects additional of two hours and average by fault of the bad reigning time, finally despego the first Boeing 747-8F to the 21:39 hour of Spain, 12:39 local hour.
The flight had a length of 3 hours and 39 minutes of length, which transcurrió without problems and is the first of the more than 1.600 hours of proof before Boeing deliver the first aeroplane to Cargolux to ends of this year.
During this first flight the pilots Mark Feuerstein and Tom Imrich carried to the aeroplane to an altitude of crucero of 17.000 feet (5.181 metres) and to a maximum speed of 230 knots (426 kilometres by hour) while they checked his basic characteristics of handle and the operation of the engines.
The past Friday 5 of February realised the last proofs of rodadura to high speed of the new Boeing 747-8F that podeis see in the following video.
In this proof, the aeroplane Boeing has achieved a maximum speed of roughly 90 knots (166,6 kilometres by hour) and with this, has finished with the proofs in earth of the Boeing 747-8F, the version of load of the last version of 747 that will have a scope of 8.130 km and a capacity of load of 140.000 kg.
It remains all smart pues so that tomorrow, today 8 of February, do his first flight, of face to the delivery of the first aeroplane in the last quarter of the year to Cargolux, whereas the version of passengers is not due that go in in service until the year 2011.
Boeing retransmitirá this first flight through Internet in 747-8 Freighter First Flight Webcast to the 7 of the afternoon, hour of Spain.
