The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent. The 747 is being phased out for newer and more efficient jets. Ian Bogost takes a look at how the massive plane, which took flight only 5 months before “Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon”, came to be.
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I got to take exactly one flight on a 747, from London to Cape Town, and was elated to round the corner at the terminal and realize what I was boarding. The last line of this piece perfectly sums up the feeling.
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