Boeing 747: The Original Jumbo Jet - Flight Craft No. 24 (9781526760029)
Even as twin-engine airliners increasingly dominate long-haul operations and the story of the four-engine Airbus A380 slows the world is still a different place thanks to the great gamble that Boeing took with its 747. From early difficult days designing and proving the world's biggest-ever airliner the 747 has grown into a 400-ton leviathan capable of encircling the world. Boeing took a massive billion-dollar gamble and won.
Taking its maiden flight in February 1969 designing and building the 747 was a huge challenge and involved new fields of aerospace technology. Multiple fail-safe systems were designed and problems developing the engines put the whole programme at risk. Yet the issues were solved and the 747 flew like a dream said pilots - belying its size and sheer scale.
With its distinctive hump and an extended upper-deck allied to airframe avionics and engine developments 747 became both a blue-riband airliner and a mass-economy class travel device. Fitted with ultra-efficient Rolls-Royce engines 747s became long-haul champions all over the world notably on Pacific routes. across the Atlantic in January 1970 747 became the must-have four-engine long haul airframe. Japan Airlines for example operated over sixty 747s in the world's biggest 747 fleet.
Features
- 96 pages
- 200 photographs and illustrations
- Softcover
- Dimensions are 8.5 x 11.5
Even as twin-engine airliners increasingly dominate long-haul operations and the story of the four-engine Airbus A380 slows the world is still a different place thanks to the great gamble that Boeing took with its 747. From early difficult days designing and proving the world's biggest-ever airliner the 747 has grown into a 400-ton leviathan capable of encircling the world. Boeing took a massive billion-dollar gamble and won.
Taking its maiden flight in February 1969 designing and building the 747 was a huge challenge and involved new fields of aerospace technology. Multiple fail-safe systems were designed and problems developing the engines put the whole programme at risk. Yet the issues were solved and the 747 flew like a dream said pilots - belying its size and sheer scale.
With its distinctive hump and an extended upper-deck allied to airframe avionics and engine developments 747 became both a blue-riband airliner and a mass-economy class travel device. Fitted with ultra-efficient Rolls-Royce engines 747s became long-haul champions all over the world notably on Pacific routes. across the Atlantic in January 1970 747 became the must-have four-engine long haul airframe. Japan Airlines for example operated over sixty 747s in the world's biggest 747 fleet.
