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TIL the first commercial flight of a 747 took place on January 22, 1970. Pan Am’s. Clipper Young America carried 335 passengers and 20 crew members from New York’s JFK Airport to London Heathrow, ushering in the jet age’s second phase: the era of wide body aircraft.

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