Boeing 747-400 Kalitta AirKalitta 747 airplane model. The hugely significant 747 revolutionized airline transport. Far bigger than anything before it, the 747 slashed operating costs per seat and thus cut the cost of long haul international airline travel. Boeing conceived the 747 in the mid 1960s following its failure to secure a US Air Force contract for an ultra large strategic transport (which resulted in the Lockheed C 5 Galaxy), when it identified a market for a high

had been in service continuously for 55 years

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and the Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation (XAC) produces a copy of it under the Chinese designation Xian H-6

Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing model

Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint airplane model

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long range corporate transport

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and it replaced the Avro York as the standard long-range transport

Stinson 10 airplane model

Gregory (Pappy) Boyington flew the F4B-4 during his service with the Marines prior to his short stint with the AVG

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