The queen of the skies, aka the Boeing 747, first entered commercial service with Pan Am in 1970. At the time, air travel was expanding rapidly, and airlines needed far more capacity to connect ...

While Boeing pioneered the widebody with the 747, it didn’t operate in a vacuum. Douglas (later McDonnell Douglas) and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. "American 747 Astroliner." Postcard; right side view from slightly below of American Airlines Boeing 747-100 airliner, in American's "Astroliner" ...

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