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Updated Jan. 22, 2024 at 12:05 p.m. On this day in 1970, the Boeing 747, the world’s first “jumbo jet”, enters commercial service in on a Pan Am flight from New York to London. How much did the Boeing 747 cost? Pan Am head Juan Trippe sought an efficient way to place 400 passengers on […]