51 years ago Heathrow welcomed it's first 747

[Cotton1]

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51 years ago, the first Boeing 747 touched down at London’s Heathrow airport carrying revenue passengers. It was Pan Am’s inaugural flight from New York, JFK, and heralded a new era in long-haul passenger travel. But the flight wasn’t as straightforward as Pan Am might have hoped; here’s what happened.


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[Peter1469]

I didn't realize that plane was that old.

[Cotton1]

I didn't realize that plane was that old.

I listened to this after I posted that. I fell back asleep before it was over but it was good.

[RMNIXON]

I didn't realize that plane was that old.

The second Airport movie "Airport 1975" featured a 747..............

[Abby08]

I flew Pan Am from San Francisco to JFK, from JFK to Frankfurt Germany.

The JFK to Frankfurt was the same plane later shot down over Lockerbie Scotland.

[Cotton1]

I flew Pan Am from San Francisco to JFK, from JFK to Frankfurt Germany.

The JFK to Frankfurt was the same plane later shot down over Lockerbie Scotland.

That's scary. The Lockerbie incident was also the beginning of the end for Pan Am

[Abby08]

That's scary. The Lockerbie incident was also the beginning of the end for Pan Am

It was kinda eerie, in the pictures of the plane afterwards, I saw the one intact piece that clearly had the name of the plane on it (Pan Am named their planes) .

Even though it was years later, it felt eerie.

[Cotton1]

It was kinda eerie, in the pictures of the plane afterwards, I saw the one intact piece that clearly had the name of the plane on it (Pan Am named their planes) .

Even though it was years later, it felt eerie.