It is odd to think that people will probably look back on the Boeing 747 era with nostalgia, but with the way that they are currently being axed – look back they may have to. There may even be a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A380 preservation society, we will just have to wait and see.
The picture above was taken by me in 1972 I think in Bahrain, now I look back on these trips to various airports around the world with fond memories. Thinking much about some of the aircraft that seemed to be dumped in unusual locations, on my first trip through the Panama canal I was astonished at how many aircraft were parked on the small airfields along the side of the canal.
Many of them seemed to be in a poor state of repair, but when you are on the bridge you don’t really have time to keep a log other than the ships log. Many of these aircraft will have been consigned to the scrap heap in the intervening fifty years, yes they will have been consigned to the dustbin of history – and not many people will have considered preseving any of them.
So what would you preserve from today?