Adieu to the Boeing 747, the first jumbo jet
The last “Queen of the Skies” — the Boeing 747, affectionately called the Jumbo Jet — was delivered yesterday. The plane came out more than 50 years ago and ushered in a new era for air travel. The 747 took its first commercial flight in January of 1970. Michael Lombardi, a historian at Boeing,…
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