Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/boeing-747-retirement/687304/
From the post: Through the heat haze, airplane tails rose from the desert. As I steered off the interstate toward Pinal Airpark, in Marana, Arizona, I got my first view of a corpse in full: a stark-white Boeing 747, its wings sheared off, its passenger doors open to the dust and wind, a rickety set of airstairs inviting no one aboard. The plane was a memory, a ruin, but its swooping, humped nose was still striking—a visage that signaled the freedom of movement in the Jet Age.
Funny thing is, the 747-8i has been the de facto choice for materiel recapitalization... meaning it's got another 40+ years of service.
