What a majestic airplane.

I’ve been fascinated with the 747 since I can remember. These days I fly very frequently - nothing glamours, just regional flights on Wizz Air or its Irish competition - but I felt honored to travel on a recently-built 747 on a transatlantic flight.

Nothing of its type - past or present - can complete with its elegance. The A380 is a bloated albatross in comparison and I can’t imagine it being eulogized with reverence like the 747.

Where? I believe i read somewhere that apple said they will comply to the law because they have no other options, but they didnt explicitly said that they will go usbc route.

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Most vendors don't provide chargers anymore. If people don't buy a fast charger then that's on them.

Apple have already said they're going USB-C.

USB-C goes up to 240W already. It's a solved issue. Do you think nobody asked if it's actually possible to charge laptops with it before mandating them?

This is very, very wrong. Nearly all non-gaming laptops can easily be charged on a 65W charger. Gaming laptops usually exceed the 100W current limit, but that's changing to 240W soon, so gaming laptops will be able to charge on USB-C too.

What’s that have to do with this post?

USB-C can easily charge up to 100W, future USB-C can charge even more, unless it's a monster of a gaming laptop you do not need that.

I’m no expert but I’m pretty sure USB-C is in fact capable of charging most laptops that exist. People bash on apple but I’ve seen countless charger types for various laptops my whole life.

I am 100% in favor of this law. It does allow for change in the future if the change is agreed upon and universally accepted. The way I think it should be.

From a quick google search, a 747 can’t really maintain altitude with one engine, unlike twin jets. So, 50% of engines to maintain altitude in either case, but the 747 will cost more. That said, one engine providing thrust (to exclude APUs) is better than none. Also, the loss of an engine will probably just lead to an early landing anyway. The pilot just has more options when they started with 4 engines

What about the new airforce 1 ? I thought that was going to be a brand new 747-8

The voltage and amperage required to properly charge most laptop batteries is too high for USB-C to handle safely this is what I was going at not that we can’t make laptops have USB-C chargers it’s that USB-C cannot charge laptops

I mean if USB-C can charge laptops right now, why couldn't new ones as well? Same logic as with phones, most phones can't be charged via USB-C at the moment, but it will change

Ironically, the 747 actually lasted a lot longer than they expected it to. The whole reason for the raised cockpit was to allow a hinged nose with direct cargo loading under the cockpit - the idea being that all the passenger 747s could be quickly and easily converted to cargo once supersonic airliners like Concorde made them obsolete. Except that never happened, and the 747 passenger role lingered much longer.

I said most didn’t I? Don’t take most as all

I've two laptops, wife has two as well, all charge via USB-C.

They will sell you an adapter for $60.

Do you remember when carriers ignored emergency ADs and did not train their flight crew properly?

Boeing isn't blameless, but it wasn't just them. Ultimately it is a failing of the entire industry

I did it in 2019 at Everett and I confirm it was several hours worth of tour, even with snowmageddon occurring in Seattle.

I always wanted to fly in a 747 never did. I did manage a 767 once so at least I got to experience a true double aisle wife body but not the same. The only time I got to go in one was the prototype I think it is at Museum of Flight in Seattle.

Are you a box?

Honestly the legislation is dumb. It doesn’t properly allow for advancement of tech and it fails to take laptops into proper account as USB-C cannot charge most laptops

It was cutting edge in the 60’s and 70’s but new technology has made it fade out.

It might actually be a cagigger.