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   Aviation HQ to Rug Rat   
   Re: Used Boeing 747-8s are converted to    
   18 Oct 25 23:46:18   
   
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   RR> The -8i frames will most likely be gobbled up by cargo companies wanting   
   RR> BCFs once the 4 remaining carries start putting their fleets out to   
   RR> pasture long before they are bought as BBJs.   
       
   Very likely with minor doubts about the BBJ's suitability for conversion.   
       
   Plus there are the 2 VC25s that eventually become available ... laugh with it   
   if you want, but they are relatively low time and low number of cycles. Of   
   course they will be turned into a museum ... one for Udvar-Hazy and the other   
   for Paine Field/Museum of flight ... (just guessing)   
       
   Plus, I think, we'll see 747-8 frames as freighter for at least another 20   
   years.   
       
   A valid question could be ... if the 747-8 can be converted to a freighter,   
   why couldn't all these parked A380s ... ?   
       
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