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Title: First Boeing 747-8F in Luxemburg
Post by: Hosch on June 24, 2011, 06:03:06 AM

Hello all,

two days ago Luxembourg Airport had the first visit of a Boeing 747-8F freighter. The bird arrived from Le Bourget Airshow where it is on display. Luxembourg Cargolux will be the first customer for this plane.

My Radarbox showed the following details :

ModeS : A643F9
Registration : N50217
A/C Name : Various B747 Airframes
ModeSCountry : United States
Airline : Boeing Test Registration

Hosch

Title: Re: First Boeing 747-8F in Luxemburg
Post by: Hosch on June 24, 2011, 07:02:43 AM

The Boeing is still in Luxembourg and will leave for Everett USA today. Should be interesting to follow.

Hosch

Title: Re: First Boeing 747-8F in Luxemburg
Post by: John Racars on June 24, 2011, 11:20:25 AM

Hi Alle,

enroute above the Northsea NW out of the Netherlands.

Nice to see...

Title: Re: First Boeing 747-8F in Luxemburg
Post by: orkney on June 24, 2011, 03:00:27 PM

Hello

We had him past here at around 40NM so I got a photo of him. We also had our first photo of an A380 this morning so it has been a good day.

Andrew

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