From the archive: Boeing 747 flight test

Pan Am test B747-c-Boeing

Source: Boeing

As the new Boeing 747 was making its debut in early 1970, Flight International’s test pilot, Captain R E Gillman, was given the opportunity to try out the behemoth in the air. This is an edited version of that article, originally published on 12 March 1970

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