Overview
- Korean Air’s 70-foot 747-400 forward fuselage, unveiled Tuesday at the museum’s Korean Air Aviation Gallery, begins its conversion into the “747 Experience” exhibit.
- The aircraft will anchor the Korean Air Aviation Gallery, one of three spaces in the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center that will showcase about 20 aircraft.
- Visitors will be able to walk through the upper deck, main cabin, and cockpit, try a short LAX-to-Seoul flight theater, and experiment in a wind tunnel lab and design-a-plane activity.
- The jet, tail HL7489, flew from 1994 to 2014 and logged 13,842 flights and 86,095 hours before its forward section was set aside for preservation.
- Crews rescued the section from an Arizona storage yard, disassembled and reassembled it inside the building, and repainted it as the center finishes construction and prepares to announce an opening date with free admission.