{"id":23615,"date":"2022-12-09T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/?p=23615"},"modified":"2026-09-15T17:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:36:25","slug":"final-boeing-747-leaves-the-factory-after-52-year-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/final-boeing-747-leaves-the-factory-after-52-year-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory After 52-Year Run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/b3c36d4cb2744b287a7acf9238851be5.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/b3c36d4cb2744b287a7acf9238851be5.webp 1400w, https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/03da7b60a62bc67509e4ed2ade602094.webp 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After more than half a century in the skies, the 1,574th and final Boeing 747 left the original Boeing factory in Everett, Washington. Nicknamed the Queen of the Skies, the infamous Boeing 747 was the first \u201cJumbo Jet\u201d and twin-aisle airliner in the world. Known for making international travel more attainable, the 747 has been flown by U.S. presidents since 1990 with two customized versions in the Air Force One fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Jon Sutter, the grandson of Boeing aircraft designer and \u201cfather of the 747\u201d Joe Sutter, it was an emotional occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou think of everything that airplane has done. It\u2019s carried the space shuttle, It\u2019s airlifted a thousand refugees at a time. It\u2019s actually hard to imagine the world without it,\u201d said Sutter. \u201cThere\u2019s not much out there that can replace it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passenger versions of the 747 were retired long ago for more fuel-efficient aircraft, though cargo versions are still expected to run \u201cwell into the middle of this century\u201d according to Boeing. The aviation company also promises to provide aftermarket support as long as they\u2019re flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we say goodbye to the Queen of the Skies, we\u2019re proud of her legacy as an airplane that propelled aviation innovation and later laid the foundation of our family of freighters,\u201d Boeing 747 and 767 program manager Kim Smith said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carrying on the 747\u2019s legacy is the 787 Dreamliner and the 777, the world\u2019s largest twin-jet aircraft. After several delays, the 777X will also soon join the lineup in 2025 with a capacity of 426 passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A detailed timeline of the aircraft can be found here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than half a century in the skies, the 1,574th and final Boeing 747 left the original Boeing factory in Everett, Washington. Nicknamed the Queen of the Skies, the infamous Boeing 747 was the first \u201cJumbo Jet\u201d and twin-aisle airliner in the world. Known for making international travel more attainable, the 747 has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[470],"class_list":["post-23615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plane","tag-boeing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23617,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23615\/revisions\/23617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}