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turbinetree

(24,713 posts) Tue Oct 2, 2018, 01:43 AM Oct 2018

Fifty years of the jumbo jet - in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/business/gallery/2018/sep/30/fifty-years-of-the-jumbo-jet-in-pictures

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Fifty years of the jumbo jet - in pictures (Original Post) turbinetree Oct 2018 OP

many half full flights back and forth from honolulu. wonderful trips then nt msongs Oct 2018 #1

I heard a story some years ago about the plane's first nickname. The_jackalope Oct 2018 #2

msongs

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1. many half full flights back and forth from honolulu. wonderful trips then nt

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Tue Oct 2, 2018, 02:22 AM

Oct 2018

The_jackalope

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2. I heard a story some years ago about the plane's first nickname.

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Tue Oct 2, 2018, 02:28 AM

Oct 2018

It was apparently called "The Savior" by Boeing staff. Not because it would save the company's financial bacon. but from the reaction first-time visitors always had when they saw the size of the plane in the hanger: "Jesus Christ!"

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