Paving the way for long-distance, high-volume air travel, the “Queen of the Skies” (as it’s been crowned), became the flagship aircraft for full-service carriers around the world, from most of the major airlines in the United States and Europe, to carriers in the Middle East, East Asia, and Australia.

But becoming the largest passenger aircraft in the skies doesn’t happen overnight.

How did the Boeing 747 concept come to be? And why is it becoming an increasingly rare sight in the skies today?

This, is the Rise and Fall of the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet.

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747-200 Qantas captain cook lounge    • Qantas 1970s Captain Cook Lounge  
747 Historical Everett Boeing    • Boeing's Everett Site Reaches a Half ...  
747-400 Air India    • AIR INDIA ONE B747-437 [VT-EVB] depar...  
Lufthansa 747-400 Kansai    • D-ABVH takeoff!!! Lufthansa Boeing 74...  
747F UPS Kansai    • N573UP Landing Boeing 747-44AF/SCD Ka...  
747 ANA    • FHD 白煙始動!!! B-747 White smoke Engine ...  
747-8 Air China    • Air China b747-8i arrives in KSFO  
747 KLM Vintage commercial    • KLM commercial 1988  
747 United    • United — A fond farewell to our Boein...  
747F Kalitta AIr    • 【4K】カリッタエア　Boeing  747-400　成田34R　Landing  
747F Korean    • ヴェイパーランディング!!! Korean Air Boeing 747-...  
747F UPS    • UPS 747-8F [N617UP] Landing Portland ...  
747F Asiana    • Inaugural Flight: Asiana Cargo HL7436...  
Pan Am's Ad 747 (Commercial, 1969, color)    • Pan Am's Brand New 747 (Commercial, 1...  
747 Pan Am    • The World’s Best Pan Am 747 Video  
747 Historical Boeing    • The 'Incredible' Story of the 747  
747-8 assembly    • 747-8 Freighter gets put together qui...  
747 Air China    • PRESIDENT OF CHINA lands onboard Air ...  
747-8 Korean    • KOREAN AIR BOEING 747-8 SPECTACULAR T...  
747-8 Unpainted    • Unpainted 747-8F [N5016R] Landing Por...  
747-8 Lufthansa    • Bouncing Beauty! Lufthansa Boeing 747...  
747-8 Cathay    • Inaugural Flight: Cathay Pacific Carg...  
747-8F A380 cargo    • Airbus A380 & Boeing 747-8F - IAG Car...  
747 Philippines    • Philippine Airlines RP-C8168 747-400 ...  
Concorde    • British Airways - Bremont Celebrates ...  
PanAm Commercial 1979    • 1979 Pan Am Commercial  
Pan Am Boeing 707 1959    • VHS-Rip Pan Am Boeing 707 Promo Film ...  
Pan Am Commercial    • 1980s Pan Am Commercial  
Pan Am Commercial    • 1986 Pan Am Commercial to Europe  
747 Delta Boeing-132 Commercial - 1972    • Delta Boeing 747-132 Commercial - 1972  
747 American Airlines    • 1981 American Airlines 747 Commercial  


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