The Boeing 747 once carried the space shuttle and is credited with making air travel more accessible to the general public. Now, after more than five decades, the last brand-new 747 has been built.
Among those paying tribute to the aircraft was actor John Travolta, who attended a Boeing tribute to the 747 last week in Everett, Washington.
CBS News' Kris Van Cleave visited Boeing's Everett plant as the plane was in final assembly, just days before it rolled off the line, made its first test flight and was bathed in about 120 gallons of paint. "Every time you finish a job, you know that it's going to be the last time you do it. And it just kind of tugs at your heartstrings," Mui said."My favorite thing about the 747 would just be that it's so iconic that you see it in the sky, you see it at the airport, and you know exactly what that is. And it brings a lot of pride knowing that, hey, yes, I helped build that."The 747 was the world's first jumbo jet.
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