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The plane known as “Queen of the Skies” helped make air travel more affordable, but it has been supplanted by smaller, more efficient aircraft. The first Boeing 747 at the plant in Washington ...
It’s considered the plane that changed travel around the world. Artist Jeff Barlow was a child when the 747 came out. “I look at it and I am just drawn to it,” Barlow said.
Boeing built its last-ever 747 in December. It's the end of an aviation era that began with Pan Am's first commercial flight of the jumbo jet in 1970.
The Boeing 747 once carried the space shuttle and is credited with making air travel more accessible to the general public. Now, after more than five decades, the last brand-new 747 has been built.
The Boeing 747, known as the "Queen of the Skies," revolutionized air travel since its first flight in 1969. It's now mostly a cargo plane, and the last 747 just rolled off Boeing's production lines.
Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, a transport for NASA’s space shuttles ...
The Boeing 747 was nicknamed Ed Force One and flew with Iron Maiden until the tour wrapped in 2017. Once the tour was over and the plane was no longer needed, its internals were stripped out ...
After 53 years and more than 1,570 planes, the last Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line in Washington state Tuesday evening, on its way to serve as a cargo plane. The once-groundbreaking jumbo ...
It’s considered the plane that changed travel around the world. Artist Jeff Barlow was a child when the 747 came out. “I look at it and I am just drawn to it,” Barlow said.