Seahawk 747 Drawing Giant "12"

[Sonic]

Thought this was pretty cool... http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE12



Here is a flight tracker for Boeing flight #12, tracing a massive "12" over the skies of Washington as we speak. This is actually happening.

It's a special 747-8 freighter, unveiled earlier this week and decked out with custom Seahawks livery. Today is its maiden voyage, and after taking off from Boeing Field south of Seattle, it's currently over the eastern part of the state, its flight path drawing 150-mile-tall numerals as a tribute to the team's fans.

http://deadspin.com/a-seahawks-747-is-currently-fl...

[tight5]

Sonic said:

tracing a massive "12" over the skies of Washington as we speak.
its flight path drawing 150-mile-tall numerals as a tribute to the team's fans.

they only got 12 fans ?

[mike-r]

tight5 said:

they only got 12 fans ?

'12th man'

[speedtwelve]

"Got 'im. Yesssssssss! Stick it up your arse, Tony Greig."

[williamp]

...erm... A waste of time and fuel???

Could do something useful with thecaircraft to raise publicity perhaps?

[oj113]

williamp said:

...erm... A waste of time and fuel???

Alledgedly not, a flight test from the Boeing Factory, this is a brand new 747-8 freighter that Boeing decided to deck out in Seahawks colours. Apparently it's not uncommon for the Boeing pilots to indulge in some weird and wonderful flight plans when flight testing new aircraft.

Edited by oj113 on Saturday 1st February 10:59

Edited by oj113 on Saturday 1st February 11:00

[24lemons]

speedtwelve said:

"Got 'im. Yesssssssss! Stick it up your arse, Tony Greig."