I live near Fresno and the biggest planes that routinely fly out of our airport are 737s. But we have a really long runway so about 10 years ago Boeing/CargoLux used Fresno airport to test the 747-800. Absolutely massive and it looked almost comical slowly circling the area compared to the sort of aircraft we’ve been used to seeing. One of the most iconic aircraft of all time. Never flown on one but been mezmerized by it since I was a kid when you could walk up to the gate at United and see them towering above the jetway. United’s commercials in the 80s featuring 747s flying to exotic places to the soundtrack of Rhapsody in Blue were super cool too.
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