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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- A promotional flight for a vintage 747 caused some concern for people in the Bay Area Monday evening.
Several calls came into the KCBS newsroom about 5 p.m. from listeners worried that a low-flying jet heading north to Marin was not gaining altitude.
It turns out it was the inaugural flight for the original Pan Am Boeing 747 "Clipper America", according to Ian Gregor with the Federal Aviation Administration.
The renovated plane was granted permission to fly between 1000 and 4000 feet on its tour of the Bay Area. That's not an altitude considered exceptionally low, said Gregor. He said there was nothing to worry about.
 Interview: FAA’s Ian Gregor
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(Photo of original Clipper America from archive of UC's Bancroft Library)
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