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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Spying the plane at Frankfurt's Gate C16

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Spying the plane at Frankfurt's Gate C16

Credit: Cynthia Drescher
First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Spying the plane at Frankfurt's Gate C16

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Gate C16's First and Business Priority lounge

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Boeing's videographer heads onto the tarmac in a special vest

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
The crew for this flight was hand-picked from amongst Lufthansa ranks

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Boarding at Frankfurt's gate C16

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Willkommen an bord!

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
In the cockpit, pre-departure

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
FIRST CLASS: a peek at the first seat, right in the nose of the plane

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
NEW BUSINESS CLASS: legroom!

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Head upstairs to more business class seats

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Our seat on the upper deck: 87A (would recommend!)

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
The side storage panels on the upper deck are perfect for resting your elbow and getting steady out-the-window photographs

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
BUSINESS CLASS: sleeping on the new flatbeds

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
BUSINESS CLASS: sleeping on the new flatbeds

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
BUSINESS CLASS: a lavatory

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
ECONOMY: from the very last row of the plane

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
A water cannon salute on departure at Frankfurt International

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Excellent Frankfurt runway view on takeoff

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Flying over a city near Frankfurt, just after takeoff

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Some of the inaugural crew pose in the upper deck's galley

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Nuts!

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Appetizer: Asparagus and chanterelle salad with king prawns

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Entree: Chocolate and chili-crusted Kingklip on warm tomato and fennel salad with saffron basmati rice

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
OMG DESSERT CART.

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Dessert cheese plate, key lime mousse and coffee

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
VP and General Manager of Boeing's 747 Program, Elizabeth Lund, holds an in-flight press conference

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Easily overtaking an Air Canada jet somewhere over the Atlantic

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
SECOND MEAL: Bobotie salad, chicken tikka and banana cake

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
Cake, served onboard!

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
A look at the 747-8/s raked wings, which angle upwards and forego wingtips

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
A water cannon arrival salute at IAD

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
The nose of the 747-8, after arrival at Dulles

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First regular flight of Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8i
More cake! This time served at Dulles' arrival reception

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The First Lufthansa 747-8i Flight

June 1, 2012. From Frankfurt to Washington DC-Dulles. Our seat: 87A on the upper deck.

June 01, 2012 10:33:08 PM EST

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