(CNN) — Here’s a look at the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. December 21, 1988 – Pan Am Flight 103 explodes 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland, 38 minutes after takeoff from London. Two hundred ...

Six days before the end of the Vietnam War, a daring and dramatic rescue mission flew into Saigon. On board the empty Pan Am 747, a handful of women volunteered to save others. CBS News Bay Area ...

Then came the 747, the aircraft that defined an era. Trippe ordered 25 Boeing 747s in 1966, each costing about $22 million—a commitment worth roughly $550 million—before the plane had even flown. For ...

The type remains in service with a handful of cargo and passenger airlines.

At 01:52 EST on January 22, 1970 an aviation legend made its first paying passenger flight. The Boeing 747 Pan Am flight from JFK to London Heathrow was the first commercial flight to feature a plane ...