# Qantas last flight of its 747 fleet...traces its logo in the sky just after departure...sad day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qantas-last-flight-of-its-747-fleet-traces-its-logo-in-the-sky-just-after-departure-sad-day/916018 "2020-07-22T13:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qantas-last-flight-of-its-747-fleet-traces-its-logo-in-the-sky-just-after-departure-sad-day/916018/10 "2020-07-23T11:43:56Z")
> [@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. > [@The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other/600499/1147): > > 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qantas-last-flight-of-its-747-fleet-traces-its-logo-in-the-sky-just-after-departure-sad-day/916018)._