
By Geoffrey Thomas
Published Thu Jul 09 2020
It is stunning - just stunning, and certainly the most magnificent 747 ever built and it could be yours for about US$400 million.
Actually, the price is confidential but you know the saying if you need to ask the price you can't afford it!
But $US400 million would be a good guess for this opulent beauty.
Pictures via The Drive
The magnificent 747-8 belongs to the Qatari government and only has 1,100 hours on the clock and importantly just 269 cycles on the engines.
READ: Boom supersonic jet readies for rollout.
For the record, it was built in 2012 and is currently located at AMAC Aerospace in Basel Switzerland.
It is fitted out for a crew of 18 and 89 very well connected passengers.
Amongst the appointments are; master bedroom in the nose, guest bedroom, living rooms, lounges, offices, nine lavatories, and five galleys.
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- Five (5) GES (Global Entertainment Servers) connected in series via Ethernet, to store and manage the distribution of AVOD audio/video and/or audio-only media.
- Each GES can manage up to 20 AVOD clients
- Camera systems (video only)
- IPod / HD port (audio/video) HDMI/USB/IPod/RCA
- 13 Blu-ray players (audio/video)\
- AVOD system (audio/video)
- Airshow Moving map (video only)
- Live TV/radio (audio/video)
- HD Cameras (FWD CAM, DN ZOOM) and Quad cam in anti-intrusion system (PA) System
- 55” monitor X 5
- 46” monitor X 4
- 40” monitor X 1
- 32” monitor X 1
- 17.3” VTS Monitor X 2
- 15.6” VTS Monitor X 31
- IFE speakers
- Subwoofers
- Headphone jack plugs
- Cabin Management System with Five (5) 15.6” CMS VTS
- GCS Panasonic eXConnect Ku-band system provides broadband internet connectivity as well as eXTV global television service.
- Honeywell JetWave Ka-band connectivity system is also installed.
- Honeywell CX900 router makes it possible to provide fall back option in case one of the connectivity systems is not available, in the sequence of Ka, Ku and SBB system.





