On January 22, 1970, a new era of flight quietly but decisively began as a Boeing 747 lifted off from John F. Kennedy International Airport, bound for London Heathrow Airport. Operated by its launch customer, Pan American World Airways, the world’s first “jumbo jet”…
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On September 30, 1968, the public saw the “Queen of the Skies” for the first time, the Boeing 747. One of the most iconic and influential commercial aircraft in aviation history, its story began in the late 1960s when Boeing initiated the development of…
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On July 28, 1935, a four-engine plane took a test flight from Boeing Field in south Seattle. When it rolled out of Boeing’s hangar, the company labeled it Model 299, but a newspaperman named Richard Smith dubbed the new bomber due to its many…
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