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Steven Frischling, aka: Fish, is globe hopping professional photographer, airline emerging media consultant working with large global airlines and founder of The Travel Strategist. Fish has racked up more than 1,000,000 miles since he started to track his mileage in 2005.

Fish's travel tends to be less than leisurely, including flying from New York to Basrah, Iraq, for six hours; Hong Kong for eight hours, Kuwait City for two hours and traveling around the world in 3.5 days to shoot a series of photo assignments in 4 cities and 4 countries on 3 separate continents.

Fish grew up at the end of New York's JFK International Airport's Runway 4R/22L, which probably explains his enjoyment of watching planes, fly overhead. When not shooting photos or traveling Fish designs camera bags, hones is expertise on airline security and spends his time at home cheering for the Red Sox with his 3 kids 102 yards from the ocean.

Happy 40th Birthday To The Boeing 747

01.22.2010 | Author: flyingfish | Posted in Uncategorized

22/1/2010 – Happy 40th Birthday To The Boeing 747

Forty years ago today history was made as the iconic Boeing 747 took to the skies for its first revenue passenger flight.

While Pan Am had intended for the first Boeing 747 revenue passenger flight to be on the 21st of January, an engine overheating delayed the flight by a few hours, making the first flight the today.

One day late, but still an important moment in airline and aircraft history, Pan Am’s Clipper Young-America, a Boeing 747-121 (N736PA), pushed back from Pan Am’s Worldport (aka Terminal 3) at New York’s JFK International Airport, crossed over The Rockaways heading east over the Atlantic Ocean and landing a few hours later at London Heathrow Airport.

Happy Birthday To The Queen Of The Skies!

Happy Flying!

5 Responses

  1. Oussama January 22nd, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    It is hard to believe that it has been 40 years. Boeing did a great job at evolving the airplane to meet the present day challenges.
    Happy Birthday

  2. Marshall Jackson January 27th, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    Wow. The 747 and I are just about the same age.

  3. flyingfish January 29th, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    Marshall,

    Keep in mind the 747 keeps getting upgrades…do you keep getting upgrades as well? ;0)

    Happy Flying!

    -Fish

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