Het is 9 februari 1969 als in de Verenigde Staten voor het eerst een Boeing 747 opstijgt. Het gaat om een testvlucht: de eerste 'echte' commerciële 747-vlucht volgt een jaar later. Na vandaag komt er ...

The Boeing 747 is one of the largest commercial aircraft ever built, eclipsed only by the Airbus A380. The Queen of the Skies entered service in 1970 and has undergone several evolutions since the ...

The Boeing 747 was once the unquestioned queen of the skies. The dynamic aircraft featured a widebody configuration, allowing it to fly more passengers than any aircraft that came before it. The ...

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At 01:52 EST on January 22, 1970 an aviation legend made its first paying passenger flight. The Boeing 747 Pan Am flight from JFK to London Heathrow was the first commercial flight to feature a plane ...

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The first wing spar for the 747-8F is being assembled at Boeing’s Everett, Wash., site marking the start of assembly of the new freighter model. The unit was loaded into a new automated assembly tool ...