This is funny. That one owner bought a 747, but apparently was "not looking for something outrageous" when designing the interior. It's already outrageous to own one for personal use.
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828BA wasn't actually a BBJ (to my knowledge), rather it was slated to become D-ABYE for Lufthansa. Since it was used for more testing hours than LH had agreed upon, it was NTU by the airline and has sat at Victorville for the last 10 years. I guess a buyer was found just recently, so we'll have to wait and see what happens next
I can see a hotel as an option. Check in. Main deck has rooms with en-suite along length on both sides of narrow corridor. Front of main deck is cinema, where passengers also sit for take off and landing. Lower deck is kitchen, dining room (with windows looking diagonally down), luggage store. Upper deck is main lounge. Great for long flights, including those which stop on the way for refuelling and drop-off/pick up passengers.
It's a good idea, and they always talk about amenities like that when a new big plane is revealed, then they never come to market as people don't want to pay the cost of having a superjumbo with so few passengers flying. They'd rather save a few thousand pounds/dollars/euros on the flight (where they spend a number of hours) and spend that on the rest of the trip (e.g. a better hotel, or a longer stay). The only plane that has come close to what you're suggesting is the handful of A380s with first-class rooms and suites on them, but even that is a select few planes and far from the hotel-like qualities originally promised at the launch.
Myself becoming a 747 Airplane enthusiast, I think the 747 because of its size should think about using them as hospital airplanes because they have the size and they would hold hundreds of patients. This would be a good time during Some type of a war or pandemic but it is an option and I know that a 747 can be configured as such, if this type of plane is needed in aviation for hospitals.
As someone with very little medical or aviation training, I disagree that they would be a good hospital plane. I think hospital airplanes aren't really a great idea in the first place. Patients that need to be evacuated immediately probably can't fly and would need to be stabilized first. And once someone is stabilized enough to fly, they probably don't need to be evacuated that badly anymore. Would probably only find use in some sort of super mass-cass event which would probably have enough inbound military transports that you could stuff the casualties onto those and fly them out.
@@FlightRecorder1 I think the idea is more similar to hospital ships, which aren't there for transportation of patients but to serve as mobile treatment suppliers. The only issue I could think of is that the 747 would need a lot of space to land, especially considering it would likely be limited to off airport use.
A 74 is a VERY large yet also very compact target, and you'd have to park it at one of a few airports in any country large enough to handle it - hoping that the runway or taxiways hadn't already been damaged. A C130 or a C17 packed to the gills with field hospitals can, at the expense of the time needed to rig it, land much more hospital in many more places while being far less concerned about ground conditions. A field hospital is also much easier to spread out in area to make attacks harder or to make the transmission of pathogens less easy. And as soon as they're dropped off you can a) remove the vulnerable machine from the area to reduce risk of damage/loss and b) use the machine for something else, which would decrease the operational expenses immensely. A parked 74 is still going to cost a lot of money. Hitching a ride with the military also means you don't have to worry about all the ground handling stuff at an out-of-service field, which itself could be a substantial cost
With such a large market, I am surprised the Air Force has not dusted off the plans for a flying "aircraft carrier" and make a fleet of 747's as launch vehicles for drone fighters and bombers
The nose of a 747 is the best location to fly in any modern airliner by far. Perfect place for the owner's bedroom. The old first class cabins on all of the old 747s were beyond great! British Airways used to call the two front seats (1A and 1K) at the very nose of their 747's the "Mick Jagger's girlfriend" and "Mick Jagger" seats.
You didn’t mention my country, Qatar. Our head of state uses a modified 747-8i as his own plane. It has the Qatar airways’ logo but there’s no passenger 747 owned by Qatar airways.
To be honest, if I was filthy rich I’d go for the A-380. Entirely because nobody else has done it. Not for it’s size, not for its range, not for the impression it would make… entirely just because it would be a first.
Perhaps the most extreme 747 modification is the Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch. It uses most of two 747s to make a twin boom, six-engine behemoth to launch orbital rockets from high altitude. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch
or maybe convert it to some other drive or flight system (something other than normal wings and engines ?) and have it be a kind of 'flying tube' sort of aircraft ? a miniature sort of 'Dune Heighliner' style comes to my mind.
I would have liked to see the full layout of the Saudi Prince's plane. It was mentioned that the lower cargo hold was converted to a car garage and Turkish bath. That I would like to see. People taking a sauna with a couple Rolls Royce's parked at 35,000 feet. LOL
I could quite easily see humanitarian causes using Cargo Modified 747's to carry supplies and heavy machinery into remote areas, particularly in Africa.
@@Kneong 747's land on Ice down in Antarctica. You just need a long stretch of clear, flat land. Might need to modify the landing gear slightly to allow for more shocks and bumps at high speed, but it's definitely doable.
The Private Wide body quadjet, honestly, is already won by Boeing Its like Lockheed and Douglas, Douglas had some in hand experience on passenger planes so their DC-10 (before crashes ofc) knocked off the L-1011 quite quickly Here too, the 747 has been a private jet for a good amount of time now, so it can edge off A380's easily
As a business jet the 747 and other widebody jets makes sense, for taking multiple rich people who work together to and from destinations. But if you want a private jet all for yourself anything larger than an A320 or 737 is just ridicolous imo even if you are the richest man on earth
I live in south-central PA... We get to see the VC-25's on a regular basis because the crews come up to Harrisburg Int'l (formerly Olmstead AFB) to shoot approaches here. When the wind is out of the west, I live pretty much on the base leg of the approach pattern and they shoot the pattern at fairly low altitudes. It really is something to see. I know that they also like to practice shorter field landings at Yeager Airport in Charleston, WV, and it's something to see a big 747 gliding into the mountaintop airport there.
They are a sight to see, my elementary school was more or less down the road from the airport, more specifically the one end of one of the runways, (There were airport entrances less than a few minutes walk down the street, granted they are mainly private and military entrances) and we happened to be out at recess during their scheduled landing time so we got to see them approach for landing, couldn't actually see them land because of some trees in the way, and then later that day I was outside when they took off (I also lived very close to the airport then, I live even closer now) so I got to see them both effectively landing and taking off.
Only reason to have your own plane is if you lived in it, and it could carry a car. If you only use it to travel, then first class on commercial plane is better.
I want to know whether the Prince's Prayer room on the plane is on a rotating platform. Cuz he needs to be praying towards Mecca right? and the plane is in motion?
For private use the UHNI owner is restricted to major airports, as only they have the runway length and infrastructure to deal with such a large aircraft.
I would suggest the 747 conversion to a fire fighting tanker ( there is at least one already) Also the conversion of the 747-400 to airborne tankers should be explored.
747 has now taken on a new role, water bomber to help combat massive forest fires! There is no job the 747 can't do! Carry a Space Shuttle to hauling heavy freight or carrying mass airlift rescue!
I'm not an expert but there will probably be a lot of problems with the dual engine configuration in the future especially over oceans so it may not be the best idea to completely abandon other designs.
with the new engine designs the 2 engine are less likely to break down than the 4 engine, and due to the new design they are way more eficient and fuel friendly
I'm surprised the market is not at some medium size like the 321LR. I guess airliners at that size are too cramped and a widebody 787 or A350 makes more sense.
It seems to ma that if you have a private 747, you shouldn’t need gold plated faucets to impress people. But you might well want some of the systems like Air Force 1 has. Someone might be jealous. I’m not talking just about the stuff built into the plane. Things like restricted airspace around you, a few fighters handy, maybe a AWACS or JSTARS or two. Now there’s real money. Stainless steel faucets are fine.
Im not sure if the skipping the in-flight refueling capability on the new USAF presidential aircraft was a good idea. But if the US Secret Service signed off on that decision, then they must not truly need the feature.
That would be really inefficient and incredibly expensive. You get vastly more out of a cargo 747 or C17 delivering 100+ tons of medical supplies. This sort of thing happens daily already.
It’s hard to get any footage as the owners aren’t to camera friendly when it comes to showing their flying palaces. We for example also don’t know much about the interiors of their mansions
I've worked it out with Boeing and I'm having a REALLY big plane built for traveling parties. How big? Let's just say I've had a bit of a chin wag with the NFL and we're doing the 2038 Super Bowl on the lower deck. Affording tickets on the 50 yard line will be a bit of a bugger.
Turkish president have a bigger plane than US, 747-8, plus Airbus 330, Airbus 340, Airbus 319, GulfS. 450, GulfS 550 ,2 VIP Sikorsky Helicopters, 10 Airbus400M's. imagine that ? how Rich is Turkey?
Anything bigger than a 737 seems such a hassle. You are restricting the airport you can fly to, adding so many costs.. If I had that kind of money I would pick an A220 or the smallest 737. Even those two models are pushing it when it comes to luxury private jets.. Buying an 747 or A380 for private use feels like those tycoons that bought a whole high-rise building as a house. Tacky and such a hassle.
Why I don't understand, but is it necessary or is it to show a power that can fade in a couple of seconds???? grandeur and pride still reign in the minds of the ignorant and no less responsible for hunger and poverty, because poverty generates wealth.
Yes there is an a380 privatly own, a d this long before this video was published. Good to know you are one of those making video without checking what shit you say.
