E-474 in British Airways livery

cpt_747 · Post by **cpt_747** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:18 pm

Never seen something like this before. Body of an A380, winglet of B747-800, nose of a B787 & tail similar to the BAe146.
Not quite sure what she is.. hmm

Nadir Ali · Post by **Nadir Ali** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:22 pm

cpt_747 wrote:Never seen something like this before. Body of an A380, winglet of B747-800, nose of a B787 & tail similar to the BAe146.
Not quite sure what she is.. hmm

It's a joint project by Boeing & Airbus to make a plane consisting of both companies technology

Just kidding.

But you're absolotely right. Those were my thoughts exactly. The E-474 does indeed have the nose of a B787 and the body of an A380 with B747-400 winglets.

To clarify this is a fictional plane featured in the movie "flightplan" starring Joddie Foster.

I have no doubt in my mind if a plane of this design were to be produced it would fly as smoothly as any other airliner as I see no errors in the design.

I'm surprised the filmakers didn't market models for this plane. They could make a huge profit from it.

A model of this plane is a must have for Aviation enthusiasts like me.

Adnan Anwar · Post by **Adnan Anwar** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:29 am

cpt_747 wrote:Never seen something like this before. Body of an A380, winglet of B747-800, nose of a B787 & tail similar to the BAe146.
Not quite sure what she is.. hmm

In reality, Airbus in 1990's tried very hard to convince either McDonnell Douglas and Boeing separately to make A3XX a joint project like 50-50 split/partnership.

McDonnell Douglas which was in dire financial trouble at the time, was not sure if such huge project would work out even as a partnership.

Boeing just dismissed it saying market conditions are not right for anything of size of A3XX.