The pilots said goodbye to the Boeing-747, leaving a special message in the air

The plane's pilots said goodbye to the iconic Boeing 747 model. At the beginning of the week, the American aircraft manufacturer

the holding handed over the last copy of the iconic aircraft to the customer company Atlas Air.

The pilots painted the number 747 and crowned it shortly after they took off from Paine Field to Cincinnati Airport on their maiden flight, Flightradar reports.

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Boeing's 747, called the "Queen"of the skies,” is an iconic piece of aviation. It has been transporting passengers and cargo for over 50 years. Boeing has now stopped production of the four-engine plane as the airline and its competitors develop more cost-effective ways to transport people around the planet.

On January 31, thousands of people gatheredat the company's Everett aircraft plant in Washington state, USA, when the American aircraft manufacturer handed over its last Boeing 747 to Atlas Air. It came off the production line on December 7, 2022.

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Boeing-747 developed in 28 monthsbecame the first long-haul, double-deck, wide-body passenger jet airliner in history and was first delivered by the now defunct Pan American airline in 1970.

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