15 июля 1968 года. Boeing 707-320B в «Шереметьево». Первый рейс, связавший США и Советский Союз.

15 июля 1968 года, Boeing 707-320B N405PA «Clipper Stargazer» авиакомпании Pan American совершил первый регулярный рейс из нью-йоркского аэропорта им. Джона Кеннеди в московский аэропорт «Шереметьево». AN EYEWITNESS REPORT Reporter Dan Gilmore's eyewitness account of the first flight to link the US and Soviet Union with regularly scheduled service. July 15, 1968. Pan Am N405PA Clipper Stargazer landed in Moscow, making history. «MOSCOW — (UPI) — The voice from the control tower was friendly and loud as it greeted flight 44, “Hello Clipper 405. You are cleared to land.» The great white jet glided down out of the pale, blue Russian sky, over green fields and tidy villages, and roared down the runway in brilliant sunshine at Sheremetyevo Airport, leaving a decade of political bickering in the wash of its jet engines. Pan American World Airways Flight 44 made history as the first regularly scheduled American service between New York and Moscow. Aeroflot had opened the direct air service between the two cities on Monday [July 15,1968] with the flight of the Soviet Ilyushin-62 jet from Moscow to New York, with a stop in Montreal. I sat in the cockpit jump seat behind Capt. Robert M. Weeks, chief pilot for Pan American’s Atlantic Division, as the Boeing 707 jetliner streaked over the Baltic following a refueling stop in Copenhagen. In the cabins behind was a gathering of 56 American diplomats, publishers and newsmen, guests on the historic “Protocol” flight. A second plane...