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United Airlines retires its Boeing 747 fleet 70’s style

Grounds crew wave as the United Boeing 747 begins to taxi out to the runway at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. United Airlines celebrated the retirement of the Boeing 747 from their fleet with the last flight, United flight UA747 from San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

The final United Airlines 747 took to the friendly skies from San Francisco International Airport as the airline retired its entire fleet of Boeing 747’s on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Crew members wore period uniforms and a few passengers wore their best disco garb as they boarded the final 747 flight to Honolulu.