PHOTOS: United sends off final Boeing 747 flight out of SFO with party

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ByWayne Freedman KGO logo
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
PHOTOS: United sends off final Boeing 747 flight out of SFO with party
The biggest, not-so-secret tourist attraction at SFO today is a United Airlines Boeing 747, tail number 8418.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- United Airlines said goodbye to their iconic "Queen of the Skies" on Tuesday. They sent the Boeing 747 off on its final domestic flight from San Francisco to Honolulu with a party that flashed back to the 1970s.

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VIDEO: United Airlines says goodbye to iconic Boeing 747

It's the end of an era for United's Boeing 747. It made its final domestic flight from SF to Honolulu and was sent off in style.