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The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition.
Boeing’s 747 is big, but not so big that the forward fuselage can’t be part of a museum exhibit Bob van der Linden F. Robert van der Linden is a curator who specializes in commercial aviation.