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Have you ever wondered how they installed seating in an aircraft? Check out these photos from the 1960s as United Air Lines employees fit a Boeing 727 Combi-Freighter with seats. The Combi (short for combination) was designed to carry varied capacities of passengers and freight, depending on the demand at the time, and came with removable bulkheads, seats, and modular kitchen units.
This image was posted on April 07, 2016.
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Check out these photos from the 1960s as United Air Lines employees fit a Boeing 727 Combi-Freighter with seats.
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Check out these photos from the 1960s as United Air Lines employees fit a Boeing 727 Combi-Freighter with seats.
This image was posted on September 05, 2018.
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Introduced by Pan American World Airways in 1970, the Boeing 747-100 was the first of a new breed of jetliner, the “wide-body,” which ultimately revolutionized the airline industry.
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Check out these photos from the 1960s as United Air Lines employees fit a Boeing 727 Combi-Freighter with seats.
This image was posted on September 05, 2018.
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In the competition with Boeing to create the first American-produced turbojet airliner, Douglas developed the DC-8 in the late 1950s and introduced it in 1959, nearly a year after Boeing introduced their 707 jetliner.
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Parisian by birth, Hollywood costumer Jean Louis (1907–1997) designed for hundreds of leading ladies, including a famous strapless gown worn by Rita Hayworth in “Gilda.” A frequent nominee and Oscar-winner, Louis had a long engagement with United Airlines and created this uniform for the airline’s 4,500 stewardesses.
This image was posted on June 21, 2018.
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Cargo planes carry nearly every type of material around the world - even go-karts!
This image was posted on July 11, 2016.