MIAMI – Today in Aviation, a Boeing 747SP operating as Pan Am flight 50 flew to/from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via both poles on October 28-30, 1977. The flight took place in celebration of Pan Am’s 50th anniversary. Pan Am’s fllight 50 made aviation history by setting a speed record for a polar circumnavigation. […]
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