[Boeing Model 707 and Boeing Model 747SP]

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Identifier2018-00-00-23_image_187SourceThe Commercial Airlines Collection (2018-00-00-23), Pan American World Airways FolderCreatorPan American World Airways, Inc.DescriptionPhotograph of a Pan American World Airways Boeing Model 707 aircraft (fuselage number N880PA) and a Boeing Model 747SP aircraft (designation "Clipper Young America") at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, circa 1980s.

Typed caption: "READY TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF U.S. JET TRANSPORTATION . . . is this Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 . . . a sistership to the 'Clipper America,' the aircraft which inaugurated regular scheduled jet transport service from New York to Paris. The reenactment flight on Oct. 26, 1983 will carry several passengers who were aboard the inaugural flight 25 years ago. The 707 sistership is shown here at Pan Am's Worldport Terminal, JFK International Airport in New York. In the background is another famous Pan Am aircraft, the 'Jet Clipper Young America,' a Boeing 747SP (Special Performance) which flew around the world twice, in 1976 and 1977, in record-setting time and distance flights. The records of this 747SP, Registration No. N533PA, still stand today."
Creation Datecirca 1980sSubjectBoeing Model 707 FamilyCommuter aircraftPan American World Airways, Inc.Boeing Model 747SP (747-100SP)John F. Kennedy International AirportPlaceNew York (N.Y.)New York (State)United StatesExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in.Original Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Commercial Airlines Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsIn copyright

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CollectionCommercial Airlines CollectionCollection AreaArchivesOrganizationPan American World Airways

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