Pan American World Airways was the first carrier to put a Boeing 747-100 into service in January 1970. Pan Am had a ...

With the production of the jumbo jet having now ceased, those looking to buy a 747 will have to do so on the second-hand ...

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett ... The photograph of the wreckage of Pan Am’s Maid of the Seas lying sideways in the grass at Lockerbie is among the most indelible ...

In the early 1960s, engineers from Boeing and Pan Am began working on the preliminary design of the 747. In 1965, the design was finalized, keeping both the passenger and freight capabilities in mind.

Exhibits include the first Boeing 747-400 ever built and a working ... More than 200 items from airlines like Pan Am, Northwest, and Western have been arranged into the colors of the rainbow.

Exhibits include the first Boeing 747-400 ever built and a working ... More than 200 items from airlines like Pan Am, Northwest, and Western have been arranged into the colors of the rainbow.

Boeing was competing for a supersonic transport contract in 1965, at about the same time the 747 was conceived, and Pan Am founder and chairman Juan Trippe believed that the big subsonic jets ...

Brands like Pan Am have given way to Singapore Airlines ... The introduction of the double-decker Boeing 747 jumbo jet in 1970 took first-class service to new heights. The extra width of the ...