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[[ | [[File:747-400.jpg|thumb|270px|A [[Boeing 747-400]] in KLM livery.]] | ||
[[ | [[File:747.jpg|thumb|270px|A [[Boeing 747-100]] in PIA livery.]] | ||
[[ | [[File:CASAF2.jpeg|thumb|300px|A [[Boeing 747]] Air Force One Bound For Washington D.C.]] | ||
The [[Boeing 747-100]], sometimes nicknamed the "'''Jumbo Jet'''", is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, 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]], 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]]. | The [[Boeing 747-100]], sometimes nicknamed the "'''Jumbo Jet'''", is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, 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]], 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]]. | ||
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The 747 was expected to become obsolete after 400 were sold because of the development of supersonic airliners, but it has outlived many of its critics' expectations, and production passed the 1,000 mark in 1993. As of March 2008, 1,400 aircraft had been built, with 122 more in various configurations on order. The latest version of the aircraft, the 747-8, is scheduled to enter service in 2009. | The 747 was expected to become obsolete after 400 were sold because of the development of supersonic airliners, but it has outlived many of its critics' expectations, and production passed the 1,000 mark in 1993. As of March 2008, 1,400 aircraft had been built, with 122 more in various configurations on order. The latest version of the aircraft, the 747-8, is scheduled to enter service in 2009. | ||
==Variants== | == Variants == | ||
* [[Boeing 747-100]] | * [[Boeing 747-100]] | ||
* [[Boeing 747-200]] | * [[Boeing 747-200]] | ||
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* [[Boeing 747-8i]] | * [[Boeing 747-8i]] | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/index.html Boeing 747 product page] | * [http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/index.html Boeing 747 product page] | ||
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