Hoʻokumu ʻo Boeing 747 i ke au hou o ka huakaʻi maikaʻi

ʻO ia ke ʻano mokulele i kū pono i nā lā go-go lele me nā huakaʻi martini-swigging e lohi ana ma kahi pā.

ʻO nā poʻe kaʻa kaʻa mua i kāhiko ʻia i ko lākou lā Sābati maikaʻi loa, ua piʻi lākou i kahi alapiʻi spiral e hiki ai i ka "hale penthouse lele," e hoʻomanaʻo ana i nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa pilikino.

Ua like ia me ka epitome o plushness i ka wā i hana ai ʻo ia i kāna lele kalepa mua 40 mau makahiki i hala i kēia lā. Ua wehewehe ka mea kākau moʻolelo Times i ke keʻena ma ke ʻano he "hale hoʻokipa nani i lele ʻia e kekahi genie."

ʻAʻole ʻo Boeing Co.'s 747 wale nō ka mokulele nui loa i ʻike ʻia e kekahi ma mua - ua aneane ʻekolu manawa ka nui ma mua o ka mokulele nui loa e lele ana i kēlā manawa - ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi ma ke ʻano he kakaikahi.

"He mea kupanaha ia," wahi a Marilyn Murphy, he Pan Am "stewardess" - ka huaʻōlelo no ka mea i kēia manawa "nā kahu lele" - ka mea i lele ma ka 747 i kona mau makahiki mua. "Ua manaʻo mau wau ua hoʻololi i ke ala e hele ai ka poʻe no ka mea ua lilo ia i mea ʻike pilikino. E ʻākoakoa ka poʻe a puni ka mokulele a kamaʻilio e pili ana i ko lākou wahi i hele ai a i ko lākou wahi e hele ai.

ʻO ka mokulele kahi mea hoʻololi pāʻani no Pan Am, ʻo ia ka manawa he hale mana honua akā ua pau ka hana ʻana i ka makahiki 1991. I ka wā i loaʻa ai ka mokulele i kāna 747 mua i ka makahiki 1970, ua hoʻololi ka Luna Nui ʻo Juan Trippe i nā ʻaʻahu o nā kahu lele, hāʻawi iā lākou ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi me nā mīkina lima keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe a me nā pāpale uliuli nani.

"Ua hoʻomaka ka mokulele i kahi au hou o ka huakaʻi maikaʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Scott Hamilton, he loea ʻoihana mokulele ma Issaquah, Wash. "He kiʻi ʻAmelika maoli ia. ʻO ia ka jumbo jet mua a me kahi hoʻokō ʻenehana maikaʻi loa. "

Akā i ka wā i ʻōwili ʻia ai ka 747 mua mai ka laina hui, ua nui loa ka mokulele a ua hōʻole kekahi mau pailaka e lele a ʻōlelo ka poʻe hoʻohewa ʻaʻole ia e haʻalele i ka honua. Aneane ua banekorupa ia Boeing, a ua hopohopo na luna o ke kahua mokulele no ka lakou hana ana i na kaa a pau.

ʻElua mau hanauna ma hope mai, e lele mau ana ka jumbo jet me kona puʻupuʻu pūlima a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mokulele i ʻike ʻia ma ka honua. Ua kūkulu ʻia ka nui o nā ʻāpana he 747 ma Kaleponi Hema, me ka fuselage waena 172-kapuaʻi ma Hawthorne.

Wahi a nā puke moʻolelo, ua holo ka mokulele i kāna lele kalepa mua ma Ianuali 21, 1970, akā ua haʻalele maoli ka mokulele Pan Am mai New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport e holo ana i London's Heathrow Airport ma 1:52 a.m. Jan. 22 ma muli o kahi 6¦1/2§-hola lohi.

ʻEhā mau makahiki ma hope mai, he ʻike maʻamau ka 747 ma Los Angeles International Airport, kahi o nā hanana hou loa o ka mokulele mammoth e lawe ai i mau tausani o nā kaʻa i nā wahi mamao loa ma Asia a me ʻEulopa i kēlā me kēia lā.

ʻElua mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka 747 ma ke ʻano he mokulele mokulele nui loa o ka honua i ka wā i komo ai ka Airbus A380 pālua i ka lawelawe me Singapore Airlines.

Ua kūkulu ʻo Boeing ma mua o 1,400 747s, e hoʻolilo iā ia i kekahi o nā jetliners ʻoihana kūleʻa loa.

ʻO Air Force One, kahi 747 i hoʻololi ʻia, ke hoʻomau nei ka hōʻailona o ka ikaika o US. A ke hoʻohana mau nei ʻo NASA i kahi 747 e hoʻihoʻi i nā mokulele mokulele i Florida i kēlā me kēia manawa a lākou e pae ai ma Edwards Air Force Base ma ka Desert Mojave.

Akā ʻaʻole i maʻa mau nā mea no ka 747. I ka wā i hoʻokō ʻia ai ka papahana, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā Boeing ka ikaika kālā a i ʻole ka mana hana e hana ai. Ua komo ka ʻoihana i ka ʻaiʻē a pono e hana i nā kuʻikahi me nā mea hoʻolako e hana i nā ʻāpana ma kā lākou dime ponoʻī.

"He manawa koʻikoʻi loa ia no Boeing," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Joe Sutter, ka luna ʻenekinia ma ka 747, i loko o kahi ninaninau. "Ua hiki mai ka manawa i makemake ʻole ai nā panakō e hāʻawi kālā hou iā mākou. No laila, ma ka hele ʻana ma hope o ka 747, ua hana maoli ka hui i ka hui holoʻokoʻa.

ʻAʻole i maʻalahi ka hele ʻana o ka papahana. Ua kaumaha ka mokulele a ua pilikia nā ʻenekini hou.

"Ua ʻike mākou e loaʻa iā mākou kahi mīkini lele maikaʻi ke hana mākou i nā kinks," wahi a Sutter. "Ua hana a hoʻomaha paha ia no ka hui."

ʻO ka cavernous cabin o 747, i kūkulu ʻia ma Hawthorne, ua hoʻololi i nā ʻike lele o ka poʻe huakaʻi. Ma mua o ka 747, ʻo ka holo ʻana ma luna o kahi jetliner ua like ia me ka lele ʻana i loko o kahi paipu metala ʻokiʻoki.

Nui ka hoʻololi. ʻO ka 747, me kona mau ʻāpana ʻelima a me nā ʻaoʻao māhoe, ua ʻaneʻane ka lōʻihi o kahi kahua pôpeku. Hiki iā ia ke lawe i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe kaʻa ma mua o nā mokulele ʻoihana e kū nei, a ʻo nā mea pono e like me nā pale kiʻiʻoniʻoni he nui a me nā kīʻaha ʻai meaʻai e ʻoi aku ka leʻaleʻa o ka lele.

"ʻO ka leleʻana i kahi 747 e like me ka leleʻana i loko o kahi lumi me nā kaupaku kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe," i'ōlelo aiʻo Hamilton.

A hiki i kēia lā, hoʻouna ka hale hana ʻo Hawthorne i nā panela fuselage - i kēia manawa no ka ʻano e hiki mai ana, ʻo ka 747-8 - i ka hale hui hui o Boeing ma Everett, Wash., ma ke kaʻaahi.

ʻO ka pūnaewele, i hoʻokele ʻia e Vought Aircraft Industries Inc., ua hana i nā panela fuselage no kēlā me kēia 747 i lawe i ka lewa - me ka Air Force One - mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka papahana mokulele i 1966.

"He nui ka poʻe ma kēia wahi e hiki ke hoʻohālikelike i kā lākou mau hana i ka 747," wahi a Dana Dickson, ka luna nui o ka pūnaewele. "He nui wale nā ​​hui makua kāne a me nā keiki i hana ma ka papahana."

ʻElua manawa o ka pule, hoʻopili ʻo Vought i nā ʻāpana a hoʻouna iā lākou i Boeing i ʻekolu mau kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa nui. No ka hapa nui, ua hana ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana me ka ʻole o ka pilikia, wahi a Dickson. Akā i ka hui ʻana o 40 mau makahiki, aia kekahi mau hiccups. ʻO kekahi o lākou ʻo ka pele mauna ʻo St. Helens ma Wakinekona i ka makahiki 1980.

"Aia mākou i ka hana kiʻekiʻe i kēlā manawa, no laila ua paʻakikī loa ia," wahi a Dickson. “Aia ma kahi o 2 a 3 mau iniha o ka lehu pele ma ke ala. No laila, pono e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nā mea a pau, a pono mākou e kau i kahi pahu kūikawā ma ka huahana. He manawa hihiu wale nō ia.

ʻElima mau mile ma ka hikina o LAX ke kahua o Hawthorne. I kēlā me kēia lā, hiki i ka poʻe 1,100 e hana ana ma ka mea kanu ke ʻike i nā hua o kā lākou hana. Loaʻa iā LAX nā mokulele mokulele ʻoi aku 747 ma mua o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina.

"I kēlā me kēia manawa e lohe ʻoe i kekahi o ka poʻe hana e ʻōlelo ana, 'Aia ka moʻi i ka lani,'|" wahi a Reggie Morris, he mīkini mokulele Vought i hana ma laila no 35 makahiki. “Me ka nānā ʻole, ʻike wau e lele ana ka 747. Nui ka haʻaheo a me ka pono e hele mai me ia. "