747 cockpit

AircraftBoeing 747 from the Flight Deck

The final 747—a 747-8 model—left the production line for its inaugural flight on February 1 this year. The crew traced a unique pattern in the sky: a queen’s crown underlaid by the numbers “7-4-7.”

Julie Boatman

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