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October 3, 2014

After Hours: First 747 restored and open for tours

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You can tour the first 747 jumbo jet all this month at the Museum of Flight.

SEATTLE — The first Boeing 747 — serial number 001 — was never an airliner but it was used for more than 25 years for test flights until it was retired in the 1990s. Now this milestone in aviation design is open for public tours.


 
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