Boeing's iconic jumbo B747 set to fly off into history

Updated: Jan 31 2023 9:47PM

Boeing's iconic jumbo B747 set to fly off into history

Mumbai, Jan 30 (PTI) The iconic jumbo B747, also called the 'Queen of the Skies', is set to fly off into history when Boeing delivers the last such plane to Atlas Air from its Everett manufacturing facility in Washington on February 1.

The US aircraft maker had rolled out the first B747-100 plane on September 30, 1968, while the first 747 entered service on launch customer Pan Am Airlines' New York–London route on January 21, 1970.

In March 1993, the aircraft maker brought out the cargo version of the plane.

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