The Sixties · Technology
December 12 1969- 747 Flies
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On February 9th the first test flight of a Boeing 747 was flown. The plane was 231 feet long and weighed 710, 000 pounds. The intial version of the plane was designed to carry 374 passengers over 5,700 miles. The plane launched the age of the Jumbo Jet.
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