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The Boeing 747 has become one of the most iconic airplanes ever built since it was introduced in 1970. The double-decker aircraft pioneered the use of the term "jumbo jet." ... The 747 is still ...
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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. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%.
747-100 December 13, 1969 Pan American World Airways: July 2, 1976 British Airways: 167 747-100SR September 26, 1973 Japan Airlines: April 2, 1975 Japan Airlines: 7 747-100BSR December 21, 1978 All Nippon Airways: November 12, 1982 All Nippon Airways: 20 747-100B August 2, 1979 Iran Air: April 2, 1982 Saudi Arabian Airlines: 9 747-100B SUD ...
On June 28, 1998, United Airlines Flight 863, a Boeing 747-400 flying United's regularly scheduled transpacific service from San Francisco International Airport to Sydney Airport was forced to shut down one of its right-wing engines and nearly collided with San Bruno Mountain while recovering from the engine failure.
Korean Air is expected to stop flying the longest Boeing 747 passenger flight in March 2025. Airlines globally have been phasing out the massive jet in favor of less costly widebodies.
One of the principal technologies that enabled an aircraft as large as the 747 to takeoff was the high-bypass turbofan engine. [11] In the late 1960s, Pratt & Whitney developed a new such engine, and designated the JT9D to power the 747; [12] [13] with water injection, it delivered more thrust for the heavy jumbo jet. [13] [14]
Virgin founder Richard Branson described it as flying “faster than any other commercial non-supersonic plane in history.” its record was broken the following year by a British Airways Boeing 747.