Where to Catch a Final Ride on America’s Queen of the Skies

Soon you’ll have to fly a foreign airline to step aboard a 747.
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Call it the Queen of the Skies Retirement Tour 2017.

With United Continental Holdings Inc. joining rival Delta Air Lines Inc. in retiring the iconic jumbo jet this year, plenty of aviation enthusiasts may be pondering a trip or two to experience a U.S.-operated 747 one last time1484179698648.