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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Aug 5

Last weekend we had the great pleasure of welcoming a British Airways 747-400 Captain and his fellow ‘Petrol Head Tours’ friends for a truly special afternoon ‘flight’ ✈️

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#boeing747 #flightsimulator #businessclass #aviationexperience

744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Jul 6

Our popular onboard dining experiences run throughout the year, with our next Afternoon Tea ‘flight’ departing on the afternoon of Saturday 20th September 🥂

Later that same evening our destination will be Mumbai when you can expect a delicious three course Indian themed meal 🇮🇳

744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Jul 3

Demonstrating here the trim changes associated with thrust changes, known as the “pitch-power couple”

Original concept, original equipment.

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🌀🌀🌀🌀

#boeing747 #flightsimulator #tattenhall #rollsroyce #rb211 #thrust

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Jun 24

Welcome to Johannesburg, where the local time is coming up to 09.30 in the morning

🇬🇧 ✈️ 🇿🇦

www.744experience.co.uk

#boeing747 #flightsimulator #tattenhall #cheshire #heathrow #johannesburg

744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Jun 22

Heading to Johannesburg this evening 🌅

Departing Heathrow runway 27L, turning left and overflying West Sussex with the Isle of Wight to our right, before continuing South over The English Channel, France and on to the African Continent 🌍

www.744experience.co.uk

#boeing747 #flightsimulator

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Jun 19

The distinctive sound of four Rolls-Royce RB211’s, as ‘Victor Mike’ taxis past the base of the Heathrow Control Tower : 26th September 2017

Thank you to Scott Gray for the amazing footage !

Her fully operational cockpit now preserved at 744 Experience.

www.744experience.co.uk

744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Jun 17

A visit from two Lufthansa legends can only mean one thing…

747 HEAVEN! ✈️

Always a pleasure to welcome Oliver and Axel to 744 Experience 🇬🇧 🇩🇪

www.744experience.co.uk

#boeing747 #flightsimulator #tattenhall #cheshire #oem #lufthansacrew

744 Experience

Advanced and immersive Boeing 747-400 fixed base 747 flight simulator and upper deck 744 experience.

www.744experience.co.uk

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Jun 10

Operating LHR-JFK up to six times daily with their B747-400, this was a premium route for the British Airways 744 and the aircraft dominated BA’s New York home (T7) for 30 years.

www.744experience.co.uk

Tattenhall, Cheshire

#boeing747 #flightsimulator

744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Jun 3

Sound 🆙

As close to travelling on the Business Class Upper Deck of a Boeing 747-400 as we can make it ✈️

Our next Afternoon Tea flight ‘departs’ Saturday 14th June - 12.00 noon, arriving in New York just in time for Father’s Day 😉

Tickets £85 pp

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · May 22

Departing runway 19R and climbing out of Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok onboard our Boeing 747-400, next stop London Heathrow

🇹🇭 ✈️ 🇬🇧

Original concept, original equipment

Father’s Day, Birthday, any day

www.744experience.co.uk

Tattenhall Cheshire

#Boeing747 #flightsimulator

744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · May 20

1:400 vs 1:1 ! 😅

British Airways Boeing 747-436
G-BYGG 💙❤️

With a max take-off weight (MTOW) of just under 400 tonnes, size really does matter

www.744experience.co.uk

Tattenhall, Cheshire 🇬🇧

#landinggear #scalemodel #britishairways #boeing747 #Jumbo #boeinglovers

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · May 15

Descending into @flylaxairport , just passing Ontario (KONT) ✈️

www.744experience.co.uk

Tattenhall, Cheshire 🇬🇧

#boeing747 #boeinglovers #britishairways #pilot #bacrew #cabincrew #lax #oem #jumbojet #flightsimulator #atc #vatsim

744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · May 11

“Speedbird 9 runway 27 right, the wind 190 degrees at 10, cleared to land”

Fly this original Boeing 747-400 cockpit to any destination in the world 🌍

Only at 744 Experience, Tattenhall, Cheshire

A unique experience in the UK

#boeing747 #flightsimulator #tattenhall #airtrafficcontrol #vatsim

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · May 9

G-BYGG ❤️🤍💙

Thank you Adele for sharing the photo!

www.744experience.co.uk

Tattenhall, Cheshire 🇬🇧

#britishairways #boeing #boeing747 #jumbojet #heathrow #terminal5 #aviation #bacrew #britishairwayscrew

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · May 5

Lining up a real A321 at Manchester Airport and a real B747 at 744 Experience)

Ready for departure from runway 05L

www.744experience.co.uk

Tattenhall, Cheshire 🇬🇧

#boeing747 #flightsimulator

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · May 2

A bit of fun this Bank Holiday weekend 😎

Pushing back from Gate 29 at Manchester Airport in a real A321 (and a real B747!), the 747 now ‘living on’ as a fixed base Boeing 747-400 Flight Simulator - in Tattenhall, Cheshire 🇬🇧

www.744experience.co.uk

#boeing747 #flightsimulator #tattenhall

744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · May 1

It’s May Day and with our visitors often making a weekend of it, we thought our beautiful location here in rural Cheshire deserved a mention, we are very lucky 🙂

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Tattenhall, Cheshire 🇬🇧

@englishheritage.bsky.social

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Apr 30

“Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to Hong Kong, where the local time is 3.31 in the afternoon”

Take the controls and ‘fly’ this iconic Jumbo to any worldwide destination 🌏

No previous flying experience necessary

www.744experience.co.uk

Tattenhall, Cheshire 🇬🇧

744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Apr 29

On Saturday we hosted another of our popular onboard dining events :

Business Class Afternoon Tea 🥂✈️

Attended by not just one, but THREE retired British Airways Cabin Crew and nearly 100 years of service with the airline between them

It was a really special afternoon ❤️🤍💙

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Apr 13

This weekend we welcomed visitors from across the UK and even the U.S.

Heading East this evening onboard our original and fully complete Boeing 747-400 Upper Deck ✈️

“If there is anything that we can do to make your journey more comfortable, please let one of us know”

www.744experience.co.uk

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Mar 29

“Thrust Set” “80 Knots” “Checked” “V1 / Rotate”

Onboard ‘Victor Mike’ at Heathrow Airport, runway 27R ❤️🤍💙

A unique experience in an original and fully operational British Airways #boeing 747 #cockpit

www.744experience.co.uk

Tattenhall Cheshire 🇬🇧

#britishairways #jumbojet

744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Mar 28

Five years on from her retirement, a mammoth undertaking and a Boeing 747 project of a lifetime 😊

‘Fly’ Victor Mike using her original equipment and avionics

Near Tattenhall, Cheshire 🇬🇧

www.744experience.co.uk

📸 G-CIVM captured in 2019 by one of the best - @endaburke81.bsky.social

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Mar 16

On 16th March 2020 British Airways #boeing 747-400 made her final landing at Heathrow Airport as BA78 ACC-LHR

Departing later that day as BA9171 LHR-DGX where the aircraft would be retired

Five years since her last flights and her cockpit now preserved @744Experience

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Mar 13

BA65 #boeing 747-400 ‘flight’ to Nairobi 🇬🇧✈️🇰🇪

Crossing the Austrian #alps , continuing SE over The Adriatic Sea and overflying Egypt. Scheduled arrival 21.35.

www.744experience.co.uk

Preserving the memory of the B747-436 ❤️🤍💙

#britishairways #boeing747 #flightsimulator #oem

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744 Experience @744experience.bsky.social · Mar 6

BA289 to the Valley of the Sun 🌅

www.744experience.co.uk

Tattenhall, Cheshire 🇬🇧

#phoenix #arizona #britishairways #boeing747 #flightsimulator #flywithme #pilotlife #cabincrew