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''This includes the following models: '''747-400''', '''747-400F'''''
''This includes the following models: '''747-400''', '''747-400F'''''
{{infobox Aircraft
{{infobox Aircraft
|image =747-400.jpg
|image =747-400.jpg
|alt =Exterior view of a KLM 747-400
|name =Boeing 747-400
|name =Boeing 747-400
|livery =KLM
|livery =KLM
|type =Airliner
|type =Airliner
|fdm =JSBSim
|fdm =JSBSim
|status =Early-production
|status =Beta
|authors =Gijs de Rooy
|authors =Gijs de Rooy
|fgname =747-400
|fgname =747-400
|download =http://fgnl.freehostia.com/en/aircraft/boeing747-400.html
|download =http://fgnl.freehostia.com/en/aircraft/boeing747-400.html
}}
}}
The [[Boeing 747-400]] is the most recent version of the Boeing 747 in service. The -400 series is the best selling and the most advanced model of the 747 family. The 747-400 is being replaced by the [[Boeing 747-8]], expected to enter service in 2010.
[[Image:747-400 pushback eham.jpg|thumb|270px|A KLM Boeing 747-400 ready for [[Howto: Implement pushback|pushback]] at [[EHAM|Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]].]]
The '''Boeing 747-400''', is the most recent version of the [[Boeing 747]] in service. The -400 series is the best selling and the most advanced model of the 747 family.  
 
The 747-400 is being replaced by the [[Boeing 747-8]], expected to enter service in 2010.


==Aircraft help==
==Aircraft help==
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[[Image:747-400_cockpit.jpg|thumb|270px|3D cockpit of the Boeing 747-400 (under development)]]
[[Image:747-400_cockpit.jpg|thumb|270px|3D cockpit of the Boeing 747-400 (under development)]]
== Development status/Issues/Todo ==
== Development status/Issues/Todo ==
As of Mai 24, 2009 an early-production version is released at [http://www.flightgear.nl.tp www.flightgear.nl.tp].
As of 24 May 2009 a beta version is available at [http://www.flightgear.nl.tp www.flightgear.nl.tp]. The author would happily receive your comments.
 
* Sounds
* FDM refinements


'''Outside:'''
'''Outside:'''
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'''Cockpit:'''
'''Cockpit:'''
* More textures
* More (realistic) textures
* More instruments and knobs/switches
* More instruments and knobs/switches
'''DualControl'''
* Splitting panels and instruments between both pilots.


==Related content==
==Related content==

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