The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.

Boeing 747

American wide-body four-engined jet long-range aircraft

The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2+1⁄2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%. In…