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The prototype Boeing 747 RA001 City of Everett takes off at Paine Field 9 February 1969. The Museum of Flight

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Boeing 747

February 9, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

On February 9, 1969, at 11:34 a.m., Boeing Chief Test Pilot Jack Wadell, with Engineering Test Pilots Brien Singleton Wygle, co-pilot, and Jesse Arthur Wallick, flight engineer, took off from Paine Field, Everett, Washington, aboard […]

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOFIA Credits NASA Jim Ross

NASA’s Retired Boeing 747SP ‘SOFIA’ to Join Pima Air & Space Museum

December 8, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE NASA’s now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft will find a permanent home in the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. The airplane is expected to make its final flight […]

The 747 prototype shines at dawn in the Aviation Pavilion. Ted HuetterThe Museum of Flight Seattle.

The Museum of Flight, Grand Opening of New Aviation Pavilion

April 22, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Museum celebrates the opening of its new, 3-acre Aviation Pavilion June 25-26. The grand opening weekend for the roofed outdoor gallery will include live music and entertainment within the embrace of 17 classic planes. […]

Boeing 747

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Boeing 747

NASA’s Retired Boeing 747SP ‘SOFIA’ to Join Pima Air & Space Museum

The Museum of Flight, Grand Opening of New Aviation Pavilion

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