Boeing Co is winding down production of the 747 jumbo jet, which democratized global air travel in the 1970s but fell behind modern twin-engine aircraft.
) is winding down production of the 747 jumbo jet, which democratized global air travel in the 1970s but fell behind modern twin-engine aircraft.
Dubbed “the Incredibles”, some 50,000 mechanics and engineers built what was then the world’s largest civilian airplane in roughly 16 months. The fuselage of the original 747 was 225 feet long, its tail as tall as a six-story building, and its wing area larger than a basketball court. The 747 has known its share of tragedy in a career spanning the end of the Cold War and the rise of attacks on aviation.
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