‘Queen of the skies’: How the Boeing 747 shaped an era of air travel
By the time Lynn Rippelmeyer began work as a flight attendant on a Boeing 747 in 1972, the jumbo jet had already seized the public’s imagination for its immensity and the beauty of its lines, serving as the epitome of glamour in the skies. “We had linen napkins and tablecloths, china and crystal…
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