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United Airlines – A fond farewell to Boeing 747
On November 7, 2017, United Airlines flew its last 747 flight. This is a special moment for our industry as we say a fond farewell to an aircraft that transformed the skies by making air travel affordable and convenient to many people.
IAC was first awarded a contract with United in the early 1990s, which gave IAC (at the time called Leading Edge Aviation Services) the opportunity to repaint our first Boeing 747. That pivotal project helped launch IAC as a serious paint service provider in the industry. Today, IAC continues to delight in being part of the changing face of both commercial aviation and the United brand.
Historically, IAC has painted United 747s at our Amarillo, Texas and Victorville, California facilities. In the past seven years alone, IAC has painted over 50 Boeing 747s, many of which were in United’s fleet. The process to paint a 747 takes approximately 12 to 14 days, approximately 90 gallons of paint, and around the clock work from our AM and PM shifts. Over the years, United’s 747 have worn a variety of liveries. IAC has painted 3 of the 6 different paint schemes for the carrier, including:
• “Worldwide” – January 1993 to January 2004
• “Rising Blue” – February 2004 to September 2010
• “Globe” – October 2010 to Present
United took ownership of its first Boeing 747-100 back on June 26, 1970. From the start, the 747’s most important contribution to society has been its ability to bring people together across oceans and continents. IAC recognizes the end of an era as the last domestic United 747 flight landed in Honolulu, Hawaii from San Francisco on November 7th.
IAC has been a leader in livery transitions, and United was one of our largest projects back in October 2012 when they merged with Continental. We continue to be involved in airline mergers and livery changes across the globe, and look forward to our continued relationship with United. In some ways, IAC’s status as the world’s leading aircraft painting company started with its first work on United’s B747s over 25 years ago. We’re pleased to have been part of the B747 history and look forward to what the future will bring in aerospace.
https://iac.aero/united-airlines-a-fond-farewell-to-boeing-747/
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Trans World Airlines Flight 800(TWA800) was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, at about 8:31 pm. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris.[1]: 1  All 230 people on board died in the crash; it is the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history. Accident investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) traveled to the scene, arriving the following morning[1]: 313  amid speculation that a terrorist attack was the cause of the crash.[2][3][4] Consequently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and New York Police Department Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) initiated a parallel criminal investigation.[5] Sixteen months later, the JTTF announced that no evidence of a criminal act had been found and closed its active investigation.[6]
The four-year NTSB investigation concluded with the approval of the Aircraft Accident Report on August 23, 2000, ending the most extensive, complex and costly air disaster investigation in U.S. history at that time.[7][8] The report's conclusion was that the probable cause of the accident was explosion of flammable fuel vapors in the center fuel tank. Although it could not be determined with certainty, the likely ignition source was a short circuit.[1]: xvi  Problems with the aircraft's wiring were found, including evidence of arcing in the fuel quantity indication system (FQIS) wiring that enters the tank. The FQIS on Flight 800 is known to have been malfunctioning; the captain remarked on "crazy" readings from the system about 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the aircraft exploded. As a result of the investigation, new requirements were d