Boeing delivers last 747, saying goodbye to 'Queen of the Skies'

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Boeing bids farewell to the iconic 747, delivering the final plane to Atlas Air and marking the end of an era — when the first-ever 'jumbo jet' ruled the skies.

abc.net.au/news/boeing-delivers-last-747-saying-goodbye-to-queen-of-the-skies-/101917560Boeing bid farewell to the iconic 747, delivering the final plane to Atlas Air on Tuesday afternoon and marking the end of an era — when the first-ever "jumbo jet" ruled the skies.

Known as the Queen of the Skies, the 747 was the world's first twin-aisle jetliner, which Boeing designed and built in 28 months and Pan Am introduced in 1970. Boeing's facility in Everett, Washington, has been the 747's production site since the plane's conception.Built in 1967 to produce the mammoth jet, it remains the world's largest manufacturing plant, according to Boeing.

Boeing delivered five 747s in 2022, while in 1990, the peak delivery year of the bestselling 747-400 version, Boeing delivered 70 of them.

 

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