The Boeing 747 at 50
On Sept. 30, 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled out of its custom-built assembly plant in Everett, Washington. From the beginning, everything about the plane once known as the “queen of the skies” was big.
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The first 747 ever built sits on the west side of Boeing Field near Boeing's corporate headquarters, Wednesday, March 21, 2001, in Seattle. In the background is Mt. Rainier.
Alan Berner Associated Press
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The 747 assembly line at Boeing's Everett, Wash. assembly facility is shown Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005.
Ted S. Warren Ap
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A Japan Air Lines 747 sits at the Grant County Airport in Moses Lake, Wash. on March 3, 1994.
Gary Stewart Associated Press
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The Space Shuttle Columbia, riding piggy-back on a NASA 747 transport, lands at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., Sept. 25, 1999 for modifications at Boeing's Reusable Space Systems facility.
Rich L Shveyda Ap
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At Fairchild Air force Base, Air Force One with President Bush takes off over a line of KC-135 air refueling tankers.
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An E-4B Boeing 747 checked into Fairchild Air Force Base Friday afternoon for what was described as routine. Built exclusively for the Air Force beginning in 1974, the plane goes by other names: the National Airborne Operations Center, and “doomsday planes.” Here it flies over Witter Aquatic Center, in Spokane, Friday, June 8, 2018.
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The "City Of Everett", the prototype Boeing 747 sits across from the Museum of Fight in Seattle Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004. The 35th anniversary of its maiden flight is Monday Feb. 9.
Gary Kissel Ap
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