Building, Flying and Exploring the Legendary Boeing 747

Watch the 1999 Aviation Week documentary featuring Joe Sutter, who said: "I believe the 747 program is just in its midlife. You’ll see this airplane flying another 20 or 30 years from now. It’ll be in production for something like 50 years.”

[@eric7922]

...first flight as an 8 year old...Montreal - Paris, Air France 747 - 128, August 1972....wow, just wow.

[@freddyhoyt1849]

I miss flying on the 747 plane ✈️

[@BEGGARWOOD1]

Having flown to NYC on Concorde and 747 I know which one was more enjoyable!

[@anilkanchi7293]

My first flight was Pan Am New Delhi - JFK New York. 1989. I flew Madras- Bombay , New Delhi - Bombay . 1982 . Boeing 747 SP. The most memorable flight.

[@wotan10950]

My first of many 747 flights was in 1974 (TWA), the latest 2017 (El Al), with many in between (Delta, Lufthansa). Always amazing, although the technology seems so obsolete now.

[@TWOCOWS1]

a total beauty this plane is. nothing matches it in grace, safety and pose. in the air, it looks like a japanese crane bird. just compare this to that graceless, fat bird A280

[@anilkanchi7293]

I flew British Airways JFK- London, 1990 .

[@edheather4056]

Love the 'b.u.f.f.