It would be awesome to see this beautiful “tropical” Singapore Airlines livery which was only on two planes. Unfortunately this one was lost in the horrific flight 6 crash on Halloween night in 2000. Singapore Airlines re-painted its sister to the standard one and no Singapore Airlines 747 would ever have a special livery again. Hopefully Infinite flight adds this as in my opinion it is the best livery ever made
this is going to happen at some point so we may as well get it over with now, voted
This is a needed rework, but what worries me is that after c208, MAX, and NEO which it might take 2 years to finish releasing and the 767 might win in a final poll it might be until 2027 that we might see this reworked 😬
By then something like the 787 could ramp up in rework popularity, or maybe the staff will choose a plane (think C17) that is overlooked like what they’ve done here with the c208 so it could be even longer. I mean i hope not but i see that as a possibility
That is awesome great idea man
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Beautiful old livery
Ten more!
I voted for this,now I am out of vote.
That’s a possible theory but the B787 is still flyable in the game unlike the B747 with a fuel issue and the B767 which is a very old model with no cockpit cam.
I’m hoping that’s the case where either the 747 and/or 767 reworks pull through before all the I-only-want-big-and-new aircraft fans lose any interest in them
I also hope for the same. These classics need a rework asap.
As much as i love the B747 i think the B767 is the most in need of a rework. And The 787 is still in pretty good condition!
Yeah,the 767 need a full rework after max.The 747 still looks a little bit good.
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B-HKS, a Boeing 747-400BCF, taxiing at Manchester. She started life as 9V-SPC with Singapore Airlines in 1994, before being sold to Cathay Pacific, re-registered as B-HKS, and returned to Boeing for conversion to a freighter under the Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) Program in 2007. She served with Cathay Pacific for the next 3 years, resplendent in a “Silver Bullet” paint scheme, until she was sold to Air China. She then flew with Air China Cargo until 2015, being retired, re-registered to Boeing as N960BA, and parked at Marana, Arizona. According to airfleets.net, the old girl took her curtain call in April of 2019, being unceremoniously broken up for scrap.
Why the BCF? With Infinite Flight’s post-A330 policy of reworking only one variant of a given aircraft (the E175 and E190 are two very different airplanes), a rework of the 747 family, at least in the near term, would likely come down to the 747-400 and the 747-8. Unlike the 747-8, the -400 does not have a dedicated freighter model in-game and it is unlikely the development team would model the swinging nose and shortened upper deck of the factory-standard 747-400F. The difference between the 747-400F and the BCF/BDSF versions is that the latter two variants left the Everett plant as passenger models before being converted to freight haulers. As such, they only have a side door in the fuselage for cargo, which means that a BCF/BDSF would require relatively minor changes to the external model relative to the -400F. Additionally, many airlines that operate or once operated the passenger variant of the 747-400 or the 747-400F, like Atlas Air, EVA Air, JAL, Cathay Pacific, UPS, Kalitta Air, and Air China operate or operated the BCF/BDSF. Ultimately, the freighter conversion of the 747-400 allows for a relatovely uniform external model with the chnage being the lack of windows on most BCFs and the side door in the fuselage, which would greatly streamline development and highlight a relatively little-known chapter in the history of the finest Boeing jet to come off the assembly line.
I almost forgot Continental used to operate them. Ex-People Express birds, if I recall. They, Northwest, United, TWA, and Pan Am were the only U.S. carriers to keep their Queens through the oil crisis of the 1970s. Delta, American, and Eastern all had gotten rid of theirs by the mid-1980s.
And then what happens? :D
A few steps closer to the rework!