before the covid pandemic, i was lucky enough to meet some of the pioneers that built the very first 747. until the 1960s, aviation had been for the rich. but the founder of pan am juan tripp had a vision. so, this is a 747 named after my father, juan t tripp. we re christening the first pan am 747 to come off the line. do you remember this? it was a magnificent day. what did your father want to achieve with the 747? he believed in the 747, that that would be an opportunity to really develop new markets where people could fly for a much lowerfare. conveniently, trippe s best friend was the boss at boeing, bill allen. they were close friends, they would go off on these fishing trips, two old friend saying, all right, you build it, ru buy it. i ll buy it if you build it. two and half times larger than anything they d ever
an absolute part of british history for 50 years. the modern aircraft in fuel efficient, and make sense on those thinner routes at the moment to fly these. with 50 million miles on the clock, india victoria delta. it is been a pleasure and privilege to pilot thi5 it is been a pleasure and privilege to pilot this aircraft. it is a heavy heart. thank you very much. the vision for this giant came from the 60s, space, speed, size, apollo, concorde, the jumbo. mankind the 60s, space, speed, size, apollo, concorde, thejumbo. mankind seemed unstoppable. before the covid 19 pandemic, i was lucky enough to meet some of the pioneers that built the
but after the operators decided to end the practice, they tried to find a new home for the animals where they could live out their lives. little white and little grey were carefully flown on the long journey from china to iceland, but they could not be released straight into the bay. they have, for the last few months, been acclimatising in the nearby sealife centre to the waters here, and working with handlers to learn how to take the final journey into the bay. oh, my goodness! wow! these are incredible! yeah. hi. can i come down? yeah, of course. hello! chuckles. they re so graceful in the water, aren t they? hmm mm. what do you love most about them ? ah, you know, beluga whales is kind of friendly animals. they won t hurt you and you can
i m at the command post for the bobcat fire that s burning northeast of los angeles. this fire has exploded in size since last weekend and now burning more than 91,000 acres. now this is just one of dozens of fires burning out west hitting oregon, washington and california and bobcat has been ripping through the national forest and split 3 ways yesterday advancing north toward more communities and forcing more evacuations. it s also threatening historic mount wilson observatory. it s a historical landmark, communications and all the critical infrastructure that not only la relies on but much a lot of the local cities, communities and even the u.s. there s a lot of risk up here. christina: the fires have killed at least 35 people. yesterday the u.s. force honored the firefighter who died battling the el dorado fire in
more than 91,000 acres a week ago and scorched juniper hills, and wind gusts more than 55 miles per hour fueled the flames and threatened the mount wilson observatory. firefighter crews have been working tirelessly to protect that structure. rain will help and offer some relief to firefighters in the pacific northwest. now, that rain is expected to help improve air quality in the region. yosemite national park will be closed at least throughout the weekend because of all the smoke from those fires. however, the rain is bringing other potential dangers, including possible landslides from loose debris and flash flooding in areas already scorched by the fires. at least thee counties were under flash flood warnings yesterday. meantime, jacob and jamie highland are recovering in icu from burns from the fire that ripped through central washington. their family shared this picture of them holding hands.