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  • A new 777 takes off from Paine Field on a test flight during a break between rainstorms over Everett. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times, 2018)
    New flights from Everett's Paine Field
  • In September, a worker in special orange gloves and hard hat signals adjustments to the overhead crane operator as the aft fuselage section slowly descends into place behind the wings during final body join in Everett of the last 747 ever built. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Overhead crane adjustment
  • A Boeing employee claps after fuselage section 44 was slowly lowered into place by crane over the wing box assembly during the wing-body join, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Everett, Wash.
    Wing body join
  • The very last new Boeing 747 taxis past a row of unfinished 777X aircraft Jan. 10 at Everett’s Paine Field as it gets ready for a test flight. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Last test flight
  • The final 747 aircraft towers above the Boeing Freeway after it is rolled out of the assembly bay for the first time at Boeing’s Everett factory on Dec. 6. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Towering above the freeway
  • Johnny Patchamatla retired at the end of 2022 after 21 years at Boeing. His father, an immigrant from India, designed components of the original 747 flight deck. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times)
    It's a family affair
  • Technical Fellow Darrell Marmion recently retired from Boeing after almost 36 years. He worked on about 800 747s. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    ‘I’m retiring with my airplane’
  • Pio Fitzgerald fell in love with the 747 as a little kid. He eventually earned his pilot’s license, an aeronautical engineering degree, a master’s and a Ph.D. In 2011, he was named Engineer of the Year at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    2011 Boeing Engineer of the Year
  • The sun sets on an era of aviation manufacturing as the very last Boeing 747 lands at Paine Field after a Jan. 10 test flight. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Sun sets on last test flight
  • Two employees on scissor lifts sandwich the newly lowered nose section of the final 747 before it is joined to the wing section during the final body join.  (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Sandwich the nose section
  • Sherri Mui was team lead on the completion of the 747 cargo and air conditioning bays, a job that is physically challenging. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Challenge accepted
  • A view from the tail looking forward through the lower cargo deck of the final 747. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Lower cargo deck
  • Senior cargo engineer Darrin Noe says the 747’s vast size and unique nose door mean it can carry everything from sturdy drilling rigs and military vehicles to high-value Maseratis and race horses. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Senior cargo engineer
  • Jeff Miller readies the mount before engine No. 3 is moved into place on the final new 747. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Engine No. 3
  • Kelvin Anderson, left, and his son Vic take in the view from a deck overlooking the very last 747 (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Taking in the view
  • Quality production manager Thuylinh Pham was a child when she immigrated to the United States on a 747 aircraft. Now several of her family members work at Boeing. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    It's a family affair
  • The nose section of the final 747 sails — with the help of two massive overhead cranes — above its wings and center fuselage during final body join. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Nose above the wings
  • Jeff Miller, who helps oversee functional tests of the 747 engine and landing gear, lines up engine No. 3 with the mount on the final new 747 as he slowly drives it into place under the giant wing.  (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Lining up Engine No. 3
  • The giant nose section of the final 747 sticks up from beneath a deck before it is craned into position for during the final body join. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Giant nose section
  • Signs at a passenger entry door alert employees to open floor boards during assembly. Within, stairs lead to the upper deck on the final 747. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Safety first
  • Snakes of electrical wiring wind their way through the cargo hold of the final 747. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Electrical wiring
  • Gary Bowers, who helps oversee functional tests of the 747 engine and landing gear, walks past engine No. 3 as he and other employees work to hang it on the wing on Nov. 8. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Walking past Engine No. 3
  • Vic Anderson, left, and his father, Kelvin, walk across the factory floor past the very last 747. Vic was the team lead on assembly of the 747 center fuselage and final body join, and his father is an “Incredible,” part of the crew that built the very first 747 in the late 1960s. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
    Like father like son
  • Unfinished Boeing 787s are parked on one of three runways at the Snohomish County Airport in Everett, Jan. 23, 2013. Runway 11/29 is marked with a giant “X” at both ends indicating that it is closed. The giant flashing “X” can be seen from miles away and is turned on 24/7 to warn incoming aircraft that this runway is unavailable. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Unfinished Boeing 787s parked
  • Delta employees, SkyMiles customers and Boeing employees who worked on the 747-400 program, attend a ceremony at the Future of Flight Museum in Everett to honor the airplane that rolled out of the 747 factory in Everett on Sept. 13, 1999. This Delta Air Lines 747 will retire by year end [2017] and is on a farewell tour of the country. The 747 is seen through some giant windows in the background. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)
    Delta Boeing 747 farewell tour
  • The Paine Field Fire Department creates a water arch salute over flight 2878 to Portland. This Embraer 175, operated by Alaska’s Horizon Airlines, is the first passenger-service flight from Everett’s Paine Field. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    First days
  • An All Nippon Airways 787 takes off from Paine Field in Everett. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    787 take off
  • A Delta Air Lines 747 that will retire by year end [2017], one of the last of these jumbo jets to fly for a U.S. carrier, visits its birthplace, Everett, on a farewell tour of the country. The jumbo jet lands at Paine Field on a wet and rainy morning. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)
    Delta Boeing 747 farewell tour
  • A Delta Air Lines 747 that will retire by year end [2017], one of the last of these jumbo jets to fly for a U.S. carrier, visits its Everett birthplace on a farewell tour. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times)
    Delta Boeing 747 farewell tour
  • The pocket park at N. 145th Street and Linden Avenue North welcomes you when you enter Shoreline. The park pays homage to the Interurban rail line that connected Everett and Seattle back in the day. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Interurban Trail in Shoreline
  • Boeing's first 727, which took its first flight in 1963, taking its final flight from Paine Field in Everett to Boeing Field. The plane was operated by United Airlines for 27 years until 1991. The airline donated the plane to the Museum of Flight.<br />
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Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times
    Final Take Off
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  • A restored P-51B Mustang that flew in the D-Day invasion flies over Paine field on the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The other two planes are P-51D Mustangs, but weren't involved in D-Day. The D-Day plane has "invasion stripes" which let allied planes know it was a friendly.<br />
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Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times
    70th Anniversary of D-Day
  • (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)
    Ebey Waterfront Park
  • On the 70th anniversary of D-Day three P-51 Mustangs fly in formation past the Space Needle, Fri. June 6, 2014, over Seattle. The lead plane, at right, flown by John Sessions, is a restored P-51B which flew in the invasion. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
    D-Day fighter planes fly past the Sp..edle
  • Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times
    Northwest Stream Center
  • A red-tailed hawk is released in a field in Duvall after rehab at Sarvey Wildlife in Duvall. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Red-tailed hawk released
  • With fine precision, the Eye of the Needle restaurant turntable went through a shakedown spin at the Western Gear Corp.'s Everett plant today. (Vic Condiotty / The Seattle Times, 1961)
    Eye of the Needle Restaurant turntable
  • Mount Baker glows during sunrise, seen from Possession Sound off Everett.(Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
    Sun, snow light up Mount Baker
  • An immature Bald eagle carries away a crab dinner from the Everett waterfront. (Mark Harrison, The Seattle Times)
    Crab dinner for one
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