Qantas last flight of its 747 fleet...traces its logo in the sky just after departure...sad day

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@Richard_Pearse

As the designers improve their knowledge of aerodynamics, the designs all merge toward one ideal fit-for-purpose airliner. Before that there were all sorts of weird and wonderful machines, some of them were beautiful.

Planes can’t all be alike.

@Llama_Llogophile December 24 2017

Posted by Llama_Llogophile, Dec. 24, 2017:

Different planes for different missions. If I’m going to travel somewhere and go IFR a Cirrus is a great plane - lots of information and automation. But if I’m doing a $100 burger, an old Piper Colt or a taildragger fits that bill. If I had the money, I’d have a traveling plane and fun plane, probably something for aerobatics.