Why yes! The venerable Boeing 747!
My husband and I have been very fortunate to be able to fly the 747 numerous times - and even though we moved to Hilo in the late 1980's, we do travel back and forth to the mainland quite often for business affairs - and in the early days of living here - was almost always on a United 747 from HNL to either LAX, SFO or Chicago. They were still flying the spiral staircase models - up till around 2001 or so - then most of the remaining 747's after that for United were the "400" models with the straight staircase. (Never got to fly one with a lounge up there, just more First/Business class on the upper decks)
On November 7, 2017, United flew its last 747 from SFO to HNL - a "copy" of United's first 747 flight ever - back on July 23, 1970. My husband and I were "invited guests" thru United's Mileage Plus program - and it was quite an enjoyable flight!
A YouTube Channel known as VASAvaition made a neat video of the whole thing merging various clips of other people's/news agencies videos along with some animation and matched it with ATC audio.
The flight number was "United 747 (Heavy)"
Enjoy - and watch the spectacular "wing tip" to the Golden Gate Bridge!
My husband and I have been very fortunate to be able to fly the 747 numerous times - and even though we moved to Hilo in the late 1980's, we do travel back and forth to the mainland quite often for business affairs - and in the early days of living here - was almost always on a United 747 from HNL to either LAX, SFO or Chicago. They were still flying the spiral staircase models - up till around 2001 or so - then most of the remaining 747's after that for United were the "400" models with the straight staircase. (Never got to fly one with a lounge up there, just more First/Business class on the upper decks)
On November 7, 2017, United flew its last 747 from SFO to HNL - a "copy" of United's first 747 flight ever - back on July 23, 1970. My husband and I were "invited guests" thru United's Mileage Plus program - and it was quite an enjoyable flight!
A YouTube Channel known as VASAvaition made a neat video of the whole thing merging various clips of other people's/news agencies videos along with some animation and matched it with ATC audio.
The flight number was "United 747 (Heavy)"
Enjoy - and watch the spectacular "wing tip" to the Golden Gate Bridge!