Editing Boeing 747 (section)

=== Entry into service ===
[[File:Pat Nixon christens Boeing 747 2749-18.jpg|thumb|First Lady [[Pat Nixon]] christened the first commercial 747 on January 15, 1970.]]

On January 15, 1970, [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Pat Nixon]] christened Pan Am's first 747 at [[Washington Dulles International Airport|Dulles International Airport]]<!--(later Washington Dulles International Airport)--> in the presence of Pan Am chairman [[Najeeb Halaby]].<ref name=pwcgj>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K6hVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6406%2C3076731 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=President's wife christens giant jet |date=January 15, 1970 |page=5A}}</ref> Instead of champagne, red, white, and blue water was sprayed on the aircraft. The 747 entered service on January 22, 1970, on Pan Am's New York–London route;<ref name="Norris_p48">Norris 1997, p. 48.</ref> the flight had been planned for the evening of January 21, but engine overheating made the original aircraft (Clipper Young America, registration N735PA) unusable. Finding a substitute delayed the flight by more than six hours to the following day when [[Clipper Victor]] (registration N736PA) was used.<ref name="Time_Jumbo-Gremlins">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080127015913/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878184,00.html "Jumbo and the Gremlins"]. ''Time'', February 2, 1970. Retrieved: December 20, 2007.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= About the 747 Family |url= http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/background.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121002063408/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/background.html |archive-date=October 2, 2012 |publisher=Boeing Commercial Airplanes}}</ref> The 747 enjoyed a fairly smooth introduction into service, overcoming concerns that some airports would not be able to accommodate an aircraft that large.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080127061820/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899789,00.html "Breaking the Ground Barrier"]. ''Time'', September 8, 1967. Retrieved: December 19, 2007.</ref> Although technical problems occurred, they were relatively minor and quickly solved.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080127122755/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909472,00.html "Jumbo Beats the Gremlins"]. ''Time'', July 13, 1970. Retrieved: December 20, 2007.</ref>