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1968 747 Flown

On Februay 9th, 1969 the first Boeing 747 took off on a test flight. The initial version of the plane was 231 feet long and weighed 710,000 lbs when fully loaded. The initial 747 was designed to carry 374 passenger over 5,700 miles.

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