Boeing 747 Northwest OrientNorthwest Orient 747 airplane model. The Boeing 747 transformed airline travel with its unprecedented size and efficiency. By significantly lowering operating costs per seat, it made long distance international flights more affordable. Originating in the mid 1960s after Boeing missed out on a US Air Force contract, the company identified the need for a high capacity jumbo jet. Leveraging experience from military transport design, Boeing introduced the

Its painstaking accuracy renders the plane's iconic features in exquisite detail

Made from titanium alloys

One detachment based in the Solomon Islands rescued 161 airmen between January 1 and August 15

and subsequently 4

The Lockheed Galaxy is one of the world's largest aircraft

with an order for 10 from Alaska Airlines

Total production by Canadair for Canadian Forces was 89 single-seat aircraft and 46 dual-seat aircraft

Newfoundland to Le Bourget Airport in Paris

More than 50 years later

Cessna Citation 550 US Customs airplane model

The T-41 trainer is equipped with avionics and other equipment consistent with military missions

Over this period