[Paleo Conservative]

Boeing is close selling its 1,500th 747.

[Paleo Conservative]

Pan American Airlines are the first
company to fly the Jumbo 747
commercially

If you want on or off my aerospace ping list, please contact me by Freep mail.

[trumandogz]

The technical problems with the first 747 sound like the current issues with the A-380.

[Aikonaa]

American engineering at its finest!

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Before the 747 went into service, the P&W engines was the big hold up of the project.
Boeing just kept on producing the 747, and parked them in the lot, and hung huge concrete blocks from the pylons to prevent the plane from coming up and rest on the rear of the plane.

[COEXERJ145]

And for those who don't know, the 747 that flew that first trans-Atlantic flight (Clipper Victor, N736PA) was later lost on March 27, 1977 in the accident at Tenerife.

[PAR35]

11 & 1/2 hours of delay on 12 hours worth of flight doesn't sound like an accomplishment of which to be proud.

[fat city]

I flew on that first return flight from Heathrow to NY- what a hoot!

[antiRepublicrat]

IOW, "Don't worry, the A380 will be fine. The 747 had problems too, ya' know."

BS. The A380 engines are fine. It's the plane itself that's broke. There will not be 100 of them in service for many, many years, if ever.

It made its UK debut on 18 May 2006 when it landed at Heathrow from Berlin.

So now we're comparing test flights with actual passenger-carrying flights. Wake me up when Singapore lands its first A380.