Pan Am helped launch the Boeing 747 and became closely identified with the enormous jet, but the gamble left the airline exposed to debt, fuel shocks and changing passenger demand. Deregulation, route ...
AW&ST April 28, 1969: Workmen on crane are removing masking from lettering after painting tail of No. 2 assembly-line Boeing 747 transport in Everett, Wash., plant. Aircraft owned by Pan American ...