End of an era as the last B747 to be built takes to the skies
The last 747 to be manufactured yesterday was delivered to customer Kuehne + Nagel and ...
First Lady Pat Nixon christens the first Boeing 747, Dulles Airport, January 1970. Picture: The White House
By Alex Lennane
It was a sad day, but yesterday Boeing’s last ever 747 left its factory in Everett, Washington, some 52 years after the first commercial “jumbo jet” was built. The 1,574th ‘Queen of the Skies’, a 747-8F to be named Empower, is destined for Atlas Air – and then will carry cargo for Kuehne + Nagel. The Air Current has the story and pics…
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