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The First Commercial Jet Airliner: A Revolution in Travel
The jet age ran from the Comet of 1952 to the Boeing 707 on transatlantic routes in 1958, and the 747 unveiled in September 1967 carried the revolution on.
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Transport Origins
The real beginnings of commercial flying, the jet airliner and high-speed rail.
The First Commercial Airplane: A Revolution in Travel
Passenger flying began long before 1967: the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line of January 1914, then the interwar airlines. None of it was a 1967 first.
The First Commercial High-Speed Train Introduced in Japan
The Tokaido Shinkansen opened on 1 October 1964 between Tokyo and Osaka, just before the Olympics. Here is how it worked and what it meant by 1967.
The First Commercial Jet Airliner Enters Service
The de Havilland Comet entered service with BOAC in 1952, but fatal metal-fatigue accidents led to its grounding in 1954. Its lessons shaped later jets.
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