Veteran flight engineer laments loss of Classic Jumbo Jet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. veteran flight engineer Kanemitsu Nakagawa points at switches designed to maneuver the Boeing 747-300 aircraft in a hanger at Haneda airport in Tokyo on June 19. Nakagawa cited his deep affection for manually controlled airplanes before the grounding of JAL's two remaining ''Classic Jumbo Jets'' in Japan on July 31.

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