It doesn't matter whether you fly every week or once in 6 months, we all remember our 1st time on an airplane . And we all remember our 1st time on a Boeing 747 jumbo jet . But it could be the end of the runway for the iconic humped jetliner as Boeing plans to halve production of the jumbo jets, to 6 a year, with a possibility of stopping production soon. With that background, I thought we'll take a flight down history lane and reminisce about the world's most recognizable plane . The 747 was in the skies before the Concorde (remember that plane?) & before man set foot on the moon (The Boeing 747 first flew in February 1969, just five months before Apollo 11 landed on the moon). Since it's 1st commercial flight on 22nd Jan 1970 (with Pan Am Airlines), over 1,500 of these planes have been built. Building an airliner bigger than those of its competitors was a bold move & a huge commercial risk that required borrowing some $2 billion fr