{"id":11950,"date":"2019-02-13T21:27:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=11950"},"modified":"2019-02-13T22:09:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T22:09:01","slug":"eaa-airventure-oshkosh-2019-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-boeing-747-jumbo-jet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/eaa-airventure-oshkosh-2019-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-boeing-747-jumbo-jet\/%20","title":{"rendered":"EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH 2019 CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOEING 747 JUMBO JET"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211; Cathay Pacific 747-8 photo by Jim Koepnick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747, the iconic wide-body\njetliner that has carried everything from heads of state to the space shuttle,\nwill be celebrated at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019. The 67th annual Experimental\nAircraft Association fly-in convention is July 22-28 at Wittman Regional\nAirport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is expected that several Boeing 747s will make an\nappearance at AirVenture during the week, with fly-bys and displays on\nAirVenture\u2019s showcase Boeing Plaza. It will extend a legacy of the airplane\u2019s\nappearances at Oshkosh that include jumbo jets from as far away as Australia,\nNew Zealand, and Iceland in past years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is probably no modern commercial airliner that is as\nwell-known as the Boeing 747, with its distinctive hump at the front of the\nfuselage,\u201d said Rick Larsen, EAA\u2019s vice president of communities and member\nprograms, who coordinates AirVenture features and attractions. \u201cFor a\nhalf-century, the 747 has allowed people to reach destinations around the world\nin ways that were unimagined when commercial air travel began more than 80\nyears ago. We look forward to saluting that legacy in flight at the World\u2019s\nGreatest Aviation Celebration at Oshkosh this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The genesis of the Boeing 747 came in the mid-1960s, when\nPan American Airlines founder Juan Trippe asked Boeing to design an aircraft\nthat could meet the rising demand of air travel, which was outstripping the\ncapacity of the Boeing 707s then commonly used for long-distance routes. The\nBoeing 747 made its maiden flight on February 9, 1969, and entered airline\nservice less than a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airframe has been continually upgraded over the past 50\nyears to the current 747-8 model, which has been selected as the aircraft the\nU.S. government will use for the new Air Force One. The 747 is still widely\nused by airlines and carriers around the world and, according to Boeing, has\ncarried roughly the equivalent of the world\u2019s population as well as such\nunusual cargo as the space shuttle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specific aircraft and programs in conjunction with this\nanniversary will be announced as they are finalized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; Cathay Pacific 747-8 photo by Jim Koepnick The 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747, the iconic wide-body jetliner that has carried everything from heads of state to the space shuttle, will be celebrated at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019. 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