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Old Jan 22, 2020, 4:26 am
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WHBM
 
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Originally Posted by jrl767
speaking of Pan Am ...

22 Jan marks the 50th anniversary of the (actual departure of the) first commercial Boeing 747 flight ... PA2, JFK-LHR
I remember its arrival being shown on the BBC TV news when I came home from school. Of course, that was on the 23rd. I wonder if they will commemorate it tomorrow. In those days television only started at 5pm, so the late arrival was not much of an issue, the film (their news crews were still using it then) was motor-biked back to the BBC studios only a few miles away and processed. I believe they also brought, on board, newsreel footage of the departure from JFK, filmed, given to the crew, and then processed in London.
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