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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 ...
Why This Rare Boeing 747-400 Flew Passengers Back To Where It Began Flying 26 Years Ago
Therefore, the sight of a Boeing 747-400 charter aircraft taking off on a Wednesday morning from Phoenix was nothing new. The ...
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The British Airways Boeing 747 That Spent 3 Years On Lease At Qantas
British Airways operated a total of 101 Boeing 747 aircraft across three variants before waving goodbye to them in April 2020. G-BNLH, named 'City of Westminster,' was leased to Qantas from 2000 ...
Vintage photos show how flying first class has changed over the past 70 years
The luxury of the Golden Age of air travel is still alive and well in the first-class cabins of the world's leading airlines.
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747: The World’s Airliner
Over the previous six months, All Nippon Airways had sent its ... who in 2006 wrote the book 747: Creating the World’s First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures From a Life in Aviation.
This Is The Fastest Boeing Jet In Service
The fastest Boeing found on the flightline today is more than just that, it’s also the last Queen of the Skies to ever take to the air.
How Many New Aircraft Does British Airways Have On Order Pending Delivery?
The final aircraft British Airways is waiting for is the 787-10. The airline has seven on order, set to join its fleet of ten ...
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Traveling the World Was Never the Same Once the Boeing 747 Debuted
Two hundred feet behind, the jet’s six-story tail evokes the rakishly canted sail of a tall ship. Even the name itself is such a neat little snippet of palindromic poetry. When the 747 was ...