A wide body commercial jet airliner manufactured by Boeing, recognizable by its distinctive upper deck hump. It entered scheduled service with Pan American World Airways on 22 January 1970, becoming the first widely used wide body aircraft, nicknamed the Jumbo Jet, and dramatically lowered the cost per seat of long haul air travel by carrying far more passengers per flight than earlier airliners. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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SignificanceThe first widely used wide body jet airliner, sharply lowering the cost per seat of long haul air travel. 1 Connections
Ancestor Of
Source 747 Supertanker (Wikipedia)
Exemplifies
Source Wikipedia: Boeing 747
Generations
A variant or generation of the parent Boeing model.
Source Boeing 747-400 (Wikipedia)
A variant or generation of the parent Boeing model.
Source Boeing 747-8 (Wikipedia)
A variant or generation of the parent Boeing model.
Source Boeing 747SP (Wikipedia)
Invented By
Source Wikipedia: Joe Sutter
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Of Make
Source Wikipedia: Boeing 747
Preceded By
Both landmark commercial airliners of their era; the DC-3 established mass passenger air travel and the 747 mass long haul travel.
Source Wikipedia: Boeing 747
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Manufactured By
Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.
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Originated In
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United States
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WikipediaOverview
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023.
Flight testing
the first flight, which took place on February 9, 1969, with test pilots Jack Waddell and Brien Wygle at the controls.
Commercial service
The 747 then subsequently entered service on January 22, 1970, on Pan Am's New York-London route.
Lead section
The 747 was the first airplane called a 'Jumbo Jet' as the first wide-body airliner.
- Exemplifies: Aviation
- Part Of: Pan American Airways
- Preceded By: Douglas DC-3
Of Make: Boeing, Infobox: manufacturer
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
In Group: Wide-Body Airliners, Lead sentence
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023.
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Joseph Frederick Sutter (March 21, 1921 - August 30, 2016) was an American engineer for the Boeing Airplane Company and manager of the design team for the Boeing 747 under Malcolm T. Stamper, the head of the 747 project.
Boeing 747SP (Wikipedia)
Generations: Boeing 747SP, Lead
is a shortened version of the Boeing 747 wide-body airliner
has versions: Boeing 747SP, Lead
is a shortened version of the Boeing 747 wide-body airliner
View the SourceBoeing 747-400 (Wikipedia)
Generations: Boeing 747-400, Lead
as an advanced version of the original Boeing 747
has versions: Boeing 747-400, Lead
as an advanced version of the original Boeing 747
View the SourceBoeing 747-8 (Wikipedia)
Generations: Boeing 747-8, Lead
is the last member of the Boeing 747 family
has versions: Boeing 747-8, Lead
is the last member of the Boeing 747 family
View the SourceRolls-Royce RB211 (Wikipedia)
Has Part: Rolls-Royce RB211, History, RB211-524Quote, Has Part: Rolls-Royce RB211, History, RB211-524
In October 1973 Boeing agreed to offer the RB211-524 on the 747-200, and British Airways became the first airline to order this combination which entered service in 1977.
Pratt & Whitney JT9D (Wikipedia)
Has Part: Pratt & Whitney JT9D, DevelopmentQuote, Has Part: Pratt & Whitney JT9D, Development
It received its FAA certification in May 1969 and entered service in January 1970 on the Boeing 747.
General Electric CF6 (Wikipedia)
Has Part: General Electric CF6, Applications, boeing-747Quote, Has Part: General Electric CF6, Applications, boeing-747
It was also selected for versions of the Boeing 747
747 Supertanker (Wikipedia)
Ancestor Of: 747 Supertanker, Lead, derived fromQuote, Ancestor Of: 747 Supertanker, Lead, derived from
is a retired aerial firefighting airtanker derived from various Boeing 747 models
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