This picture is from the archives of Don Pierce. The photo shows the takeoff of Ship #1 on its maiden flight. The picture is signed by the four persons who were the crew on-board. Henry Baird (Hank) Dees was the pilot, Ralph (Coke) Cokeley was the copilot, Rod Bray was the Flight Test Engineer and Glenn Fisher was the Flight Engineer. Coke had also been a pilot for Boeing on the 747 during its flight test program.
There is a lot of good writing on the maiden flight here at this link Building The TriStar, however, over the years (the article is from 2003) it appears that the image links have gone bad.
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