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Traveling the World Was Never the Same Once the Boeing 747 Debuted
When the first ... the 747 had gone from a literal back-of-a-napkin drawing to a fully functional aircraft in just over two years, an astonishing achievement. A decade earlier Boeing’s 707 ...
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747: The World’s Airliner
“That airplane came out and it was two and a half times larger” than the Boeing 707. “It dwarfed everything.” I remember my first 747 flight on ... was still on the drawing board and ...
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The new Air Force One won't fly until 2026 — years after the military Boeing 747 was supposed to first take flight
Boeing and the Trump Administration struck a $3.9 billion deal in 2018 to replace the country's aging 747 presidential fleet with two new Air Force One planes. They're already years behind ...
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Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental begins first successful flight test program
The aircraft landed four hours and 25 minutes later at Boeing Field in Seattle. The 747-8 Intercontinental first flight marks the beginning of a flight test program that will finish in the fourth ...
I visited a rare Boeing 747 that Delta saved from the scrapyard. See inside the time capsule of flying's golden age.
I toured the Boeing 747 Experience at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. The jet was the first Boeing 747-400 produced and ...
See inside Delta's flight museum, which houses exhibits on 100 years of aviation — including a famous Boeing 747
I went to the Delta Flight Museum at Delta Air Lines headquarters in Atlanta. The Museum is home to exhibits like the first ...
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See inside Delta's flight museum, which houses exhibits on 100 years of aviation — including a famous Boeing 747
Exhibits include the first Boeing 747-400 ever built and a working Boeing 737 flight simulator. This year, Delta Air Lines is celebrating its centennial. Huff Daland Dusters, the humble crop ...