Super Structures: Boeing 747 Part1

From the Super Structures Series by Discovery Channel. Part1

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From Wikipedia:

The Boeing 747, sometimes nicknamed the "Jumbo Jet",[5][6] is among the world's most recognizable aircraft,[7] and was the first wide-body commercial airliner ever produced. Manufactured by Boeing's Commercial Airplane unit in the United States, the original version of the 747 was two and a half times the size of the Boeing 707,[8] one of the common large commercial aircraft of the 1960s. The aircraft's wingspan is actually longer than the length of the Wright Brothers' first flight. First flown commercially in 1970, it held the passenger capacity record for 37 years, until it was surpassed by the Airbus A380.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• airplane
• 747
• boeing
• quad
• jet
• big
• jumbo
• 747-400

[mrtuttle76]

ahh the good old days ,when discovery actually had good shows like this instead of the reality crap they have now

[gdialpha]

747 - Best Passenger Plane

Antonov 225 - Best Cargo Plane

[highharmony78]

@JundaComputersGmbH

That because there are lots of 747s therefor accident is waiting to happen. Imagine if the A380 crash. It would kill double amount of passengers compared to boeing 747. Hopefully that would never happen. Knock on wood...

[TRANS2AMS]

looks like the people of boeing lost their passion on building 747-8 aft they lost to a380

[TheIshmael98]

747 is a beast

[MrGorgak]

@JundaComputersGmbH And none of those 3 were caused or even partially caused by a design flaw...

[michaelkorhummel]

Airbus, where is the whale back, we want it back.

[gdialpha]

with the spacerocket on it. it looks a bit like the antonov 225

[gdialpha]

A380 sucks

[JundaComputersGmbH]

It mentioned it carries the US president, it carries the space shuttle but it mentioned NOTHING about the 747 involving in the top 10 worst plane crashes in history, Tenerife 1977, JAL Flight 123, TWA Flight 800, this is all brainwash, I'm still with Airbus.