Last of the jumbos: Boeing closes chapter with final 747 delivery

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Source: Boeing

Boeing has delivered its final 747, closing a chapter on an aircraft that revolutionised travel, linked distant cities, made the world seem smaller and became a symbol of American industrial might and of last century’s jet-set culture.

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