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That thing is nothing compared to the 747. The 747 has made its mark in the sky as the king and nothin, even the A380 can take it away.



Well kings might be remembered forever but they all eventually must give up the throne.

The 747 is all but dead. Boeing hasn't received an order for a passenger variant in years (since the A380 announcement) and has only received orders for 10 of them the past 5 years, all of which have been delivered. The only thing saving the 747 is the freight version and that's only because freight carriers fly to many places that won't be capable of handling the A380 for some time. But Boeing is still building more 747s every year than are being ordered, it will exaust its' entire backlog in just a few years (a fact that actually applies to all of Boeing's aircraft, just moreso the 747) shutting down the 747 line for the first time in 40 years.

Unless Boeing can somehow drum up some sales, the A380 is a major failure come airworthiness tests, or the air-freight market grows at an unexpected pace, production of the 747 will end by about 2010.

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