LONDON – The final Boeing 747 delivery is amongst us! Be sure to follow our live blog for updates over the course of today! Almost exactly 54 years since the iconic airliner’s first flight, Boeing is preparing to say its final farewells to the last Queen of the Skies – the Boeing 747. At 1.00 PM PST today, Tuesday, January 31, 2023, thousands of current and former Boeing employees will gather at Everett, Seattle factory to farewell the last Boeing 747 aircraft. The final Queen, a role-modified cargo freighter destined for air cargo operator Atlas Air, will officially close the page in aviation history, becoming the 1574th aircraft ever built. As much as today will mark something of a bittersweet commemoration for the Boeing community, so too will it be a milestone that will impact the entire aviation community. LIVE: Delivery of the Final Boeing 747… Hello, and welcome to our live coverage of the Final Boeing 747 Delivery, with it being bound to customer Atlas Air. Boeing Company executives have flown into Paine Field today for the final ceremony at the Everett factory. Tributes are already beginning to surface via social media in advance of today’s farewell ceremony. Such is the broad-reaching
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