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The last commercial Boeing 747 jumbo jet is scheduled to be delivered today to Atlas Air from the Boeing Everett Factory in Everett, Washington. Introduced 53 years ago, the Boeing 747 created a whole new category of airliner, the wide-body jet. Nicknamed the "Queen of the Skies," the 747 completely revolutionized the airline industry, making high-volume passenger runs on the longest international and intercontinental routes possible. First flown in 1969 and launched into service in January 1970 with Pan American World Airways, the Boeing 747-100 could seat ten abreast and had the capacity to seat up 450 passengers in a three class configuration. Have you ever flown on a 747? Browse through over one hundred images of Boeing 747s from our collection to see the variety of variants and liveries through the years: https://bit.ly/3kW3Du8 photograph: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), aerial view; c. 1970 Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.259
This image was posted on January 31, 2023.