On this day in 1970, Captain Robert Weeks, Captain John Noland and Flight Engineer August McKinney flew the Pan American World Airways Boeing 747-121, N736PA, Clipper Young America, arrived in London from New York for its six-hour, fourteen-minute maiden transatlantic flight of the new jumbo jet. Aboard was a cabin crew of 17 and 332 passengers. London Airport services were geared to deal as quickly as possible with the passengers and 30,000 pounds of baggage and cargo aboard. Loading delays dealing with the large aircraft, coming and going, did not concern most passengers but a few selected other options for their return to New York.
Earlier this year, Boeing announced that the final 747s, four 747-8F freighters, had been ordered by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. When they have been built, the production of the “jumbo jet” will come to a close.
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