Samsonite

For both the Boeing 747-8 and the Airbus 380 to survive as passenger planes there would have to be a massive increase in the number of people wanting to fly. When the 747 was the only and the biggest jumbo and there was nothing or very little in between it and the smaller aircraft, the airlines were able to fill a 747. With the improvements in engine fuel economy and reliability, composites and lighter weight aluminum alloys, the twin engine airliners cost less to operate (follow the money) and have taken over the passenger market. IIRC, one of the two new 777s, the 777-9, will almost be as long as the 747. The passenger versions of the 747 will fade from service as will the A-380, but as the design of the 380 does not lend itself well to a cargo configuration, it may completely, eventually, be a memory. Things change, perhaps, in the future someone will consider a 380 cargo conversion, but unlikely, as it would be extremely expensive...... But, as I said, things change....

Beautiful aircraft. Its days as a passenger airliner are numbered, but it will be flying for another 20 or 30 years or longer as a cargo plane. Over the last couple of years UPS ordered 28 of the 787-8F and as the cargo business recovers other will follow.

"The Thomas Crown Affair"

Agreed. I've flown on the upper deck many times and always enjoyed it (except the one flight on a JAL 747-400D as mentioned above). However, when Boeing stretched the upper deck, starting with the passenger version of the 747-300, it became too large for first class and many, if not most, airlines made the upper deck another business class section and moved first class to the very front (nose) of the lower deck.

Hard to believe she is 71 years old!!!!

An upgrade to business class?

Paul Newman

Boeing once built a special version of the 747-400 for JAL and ANA. It was designated the 747-400D, D as in domestic. The entire plane, both decks, was fitted with 568 of the smallest seats I've ever seen. These aircraft, according to Boeing, were never to be used outside of the islands of Japan. Ha! Back in late 2002 I spent over seven hours on one of those cattle cars flying from Singapore to Narita. Worst flight of my life.

"Bullitt"

Uma Thurman

"Gladiator"

"Men in Black"

Some think Qatar has too much capacity (bought too many airplanes). Others think they have long term plans to compete with Emirates. Time will tell, I guess.

The problem is with the Rolls Royce engines. IIRC, something about corrosion of the compressor turbine blades. Rolls is on the hook for this and it is costing them dearly as the either fix or replace the engines.

Forest Whitaker. IIRC, he is one of the few of the main cast who is still alive. Williams, Kirby, Walsh and Willingham have all departed the planet.

Teri Hatcher.

"Sniper"

Uma Thurman

Daryl Hannah

IIRC, The Honey Hotel and The Federal Hotel (on Soi 11) were owned by the same group. The Federal was torn down a year or two ago. Both were originally built as short time hotels.

The last couple of versions of Firefrox, 57 and 58 (the current version) have worked very well. Firefrox has been completely re-written in a programming language called, Rust. Many of the plugins no longer work, but that will change as they are updated. If you prefer the older Firefox interface, as I do, you might like Pale Moon. All the older Firefox plugins work, including Flash. I've been using it as my default browser for many months and it has worked flawlessly on every site I've visited, except Nefflix. For that I use Firefox. https://www.palemoon.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress The engines and avionics have been updated more than once. I had always thought of it as a large, very large aircraft, until I saw one parked at a civilian airport not far from a Boeing 747-400,

Joanne Whalley

Richard Burton

John Hurt