notes.husk.org. scribblings by Paul Mison.

May 1971 advert for American Airlines (source, via)

Lovely image, but I have no idea who by or where from. Found on jjjjound and hence tineye, but no sign of attribution.

In pictures: 40th anniversary of the jumbo jet

Oh my. So many lovely photos, like this one against the moon and another contrasting the 747 and a Mumbai slum.

Jonathan Glancey’s Classics of everyday design piece on the 747 is worth reading too, especially as it does what the BBC’s 40th anniversary story failed to: contrast the Jumbo with Concorde, which was to have its first flight within a month of the Boeing debut.