World Record Inaugural Flights Thomas M. Lee Pictorial History

Thomas Lee holds the world’s record of being the only person to have flown on the inaugural (first) commercial flights of the B747, A380 , B787 and A350.

While flying the first A380 flight, Singapore Airlines CEO Mr. Chew Choon Seng presented this specially framed honor that includes the original Pan Am B747 First Flight certificate from 1970. He also personally signed the Certificate for this A380 First Flight.

Capitan Robert Ting was very popular on the inaugural A380 flight and was kind enough to sign the official A380 First Flight certificate commemorating the opportunity to be the only person in the world to make double-decker inaugural aviation history twice.

Onboard the flight were 75+ members of the Media. This photo was taken after being

interviewed by Richard Quest for CNN International..

All Nippon Airways CEO, Mr. Shinichiro Ito poses with

Thomas Lee while flying on the inaugural flight of the

B787.

Mr. Jeff Smisek, CEO of United Airlines with Thomas Lee and his wife Sally aboard the first commercial flight of the B787

domestically in the United States

Certificate Presented

A350 Inaugural FlightQatar Airways

January 15, 2015

One of the aviation enthusiasts onboard was terribly excited to show me this Pan Am memorabilia as I had

been on the Pan Am 747 Inaugural flight 45 years ago this month

Tom with His Excellency Akbar Al-Baker, Group Chief Executive

Qatar Airways aboard A350 Inaugural flight – January 15th, 2015

Fabrice Bregier, Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer, aboard A350 inaugural flight January 15 th, 2015 from Doha-Qatar to Frankfurt. Fabrice Brégier was appointed President and CEO of Airbus on the

1st of June 2012. He is a member of the Airbus Group Executive Committee.

The media was covering this first

commercial flight. CNN’s Richard Quest

conducted an interview while

midway through the 6 hour flight

On every inaugural flight, there are hundreds of the World’s Media from virtually all Major Populated Continents

The Lee family being interviewed on a “Live” morning television show in Singapore.

The Press Included Newspaper and Magazine Reporters plus Radio and Television Media. This crew is from Germany.

The German Media were particularly interested in this original “Stern” Magazine dated

February 1st, 1970.

Media Coverage

Within hours, literally hundreds of publications around the world picked up the story. Each includes a mention of Thomas Lee’s record.

For more coverage Type into Google: “Thomas Lee A380”