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Until the 1960s, aviation had been for the rich. at the founder of pan am juan tripp had a vision. so, this is a 747 named after my father, juan t tripp. were christening the first pan am 747 to come off the line. do you remember this? it was a magnificent day. what did your father want to achieve with the 747? he believed in the 747, that that would be an opportunity to really develop new markets where people could fly for a much lowerfare. conveniently, tripps best friend was the boss at boein...

How does it feel saying goodbye? oh, well, it is emotional. you know, i have flown these for 20 odd years now, its just the scale of it is unbelievable. i remember the first time i actually came to fly it and walked around and thought, "wow, this is incredible. "how does it fly?" nearly 400 tonnes of it that gets up in the air. its incredible. bas india victor delta is checked and ready to go. 0nly memories fill her 345 empty seats. how is it going to be flying this off on its last flight? thats...

Attendant addressed the passengers of her american airlines flight she didnt expect to say good-bye. >> this means we are furloughed on october 1st. unfortunately this is my last working flight before that day comes. >> reporter: airlines say they will recall ross and the roughly 50,000 workers they cut last week, but only if they get $25 billion in a new stimulus bill. new tweets from president trump have thrown a deal into disarray. its the latest breakdown in talks with house democrats that a...

Traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. thats why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. to keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. and measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. relieve traffic. reduce pollution. rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr.

A jumbo will do for air force one. costing nearly $4 billion, boeings very last two passenger 747s will replace this 30—year—old one. if youre the president of the united states, you want to have the biggest and the baddest aeroplane on the block. this is it. rock music plays bruce dickinson from rock band iron maiden is a licensed 747 pilot. he understands why the president refused a smaller twin—engine jet. on this aeroplane, youve got four engines, the aeroplane will fly on one. so you ...

Hes a smooth talker, shes a gifted prosecutor and debater. those are the lines im hearing from sources in opposing pence and harris camps as they try to set expectations for tonight. one thing we can count on, this will be very different from what we saw last week. for mike pences debate prep in 2016, scott walker got really into kascharacter playing character. >> you need a hired president, not a youre fired president. >> reporter: walker used that line so much in preparing debates -- >> i laug...

Ive just delivered you to end your life and thats really sad thing a pilot. i apologised to one once, "im really sorry. " we just use the machine and actually chew the aircraft up, and it gets sold off as scrap metal. im on a voyage to witness the last days of the jumbo jet and trace the pioneers that, half a century ago, put this giant in the sky. archive: the first giant 747 is presented to the world. people thought that an aeroplane this big just wouldnt fly. a symbol of power — beast of bu...

The covid—i9 pandemic has decimated demand for air travel. worldwide, these giants of aviation are parking up — many to never fly again. british airways is scrapping its entire fleet of 31 7a7s. klm, virgin and qantas also saying goodbye. covid had a devastating impact on the aviation industry. we are not anticipating seeing particularly long—haul passenger demand return out to 2024—2025. there isnt enough demand to justify the use of a very large aircraft. loyal operators of the 747 ima...

Hes been back to the normandy coast line in recent years to honour and to remember his friends and comrades who fought and died alongside him. just before lockdown, he was awarded the mbe by the queen, in recognition of his tireless fundraising. theres about 35 quid there, harry. collecting donations for a british memorial to the tens of thousands who were killed on these sands in 1944. for the preservation of this wonderful memorial to our wonderful men that died on that terrible normandy campa...

And measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. relieve traffic. reduce pollution. rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. senator kamala harris tonight is do no harm. yes, thats an old cliche, but it also happens to be true. the biden/harris ticket has a clear lead and clear momentum 27 days until election day. . so tonights vice presidential debate is a giant opportunity for senator harris to cement her role as a new national democratic leader. on...