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Bookmark or Share- Boeing 747-400 - WikipediaThe change in emphasis from hub and spoke operations to point-to-point flights has also reduced the need for jumbo jets (very large aircraft (VLA) with more than 400 seats) like the 747 and Airbus A380.
- Boeing 747-8 - WikipediaThe Boeing 747-8 is the final series of the large, long-range wide-body airliners in the Boeing 747 family from Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 747-8 is the largest variant of the 747 and Boeing's largest aircraft.
- Boeing 747 - WikipediaIt entered service with Pan Am on January 22, 1970. The 747 was the first airplane called a "Jumbo Jet" as the first wide-body airliner. The 747 is a four-engined jet aircraft, initially powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofan engines, then General Electric CF6 and Rolls-Royce RB211 engines for the original variants.
- Boeing delivers its last 747, an aviation milestone : NPRBoeing on Tuesday delivered the last 747 jet ever made, handing over a freighter version of its iconic aircraft to Atlas Air. Thousands of current and former employees and others gathered in...
- How Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet changed travel - CNNHere’s how the famous jumbo jet “shrank the world” and revolutionized commercial aviation.
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