SAN FRANCISCO, California -- United Airlines flew the last flight of its venerable, four-engine 747 jet. Call it a victim of changing times and more efficient aircraft, but the airline sent it out in ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- United Airlines flew the last flight of its venerable, four-engine 747 jet. Call it a victim of changing times and more efficient aircraft, but the airline sent it out in style.
The queen of the skies, aka the Boeing 747, first entered commercial service with Pan Am in 1970. At the time, air travel was expanding rapidly, and airlines needed far more capacity to connect ...