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747 Number One (registration N737PA, line number RA001) is presented to the public for the first time at its rollout ceremony on September 30, 1968. Emblazoned on its fuselage are the emblems of the 26 airlines that had between them ordered 158 747s prior to the rollout. (Boeing)
Profile – Boeing 747 Pt I
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Boeing 747 Part I
At 511 square metres (5500 square feet) its wing area is larger than a three bedroom home, or a college baseball court. Its tail height is equivalent to that of a six storey building. When fully pressurised, approximately a tonne of air is added to its weight. It is massive and powerful, but by nature friendly … truly a gentle giant. It is the …
Early in the nineteen sixties, Boeing Commercial Airplane Co, the Boeing subsidiary responsible for civil transport aircraft, began studying the feasibility of producing a new generation large capacity jet airliner for long range heavy traffic routes. An investigating team visiting Europe, Japan and Australia to examine the needs of the airline industry, reported that air traffic was increasing by 15% per year and that future airliners would have to seat up to 375 passengers for the expected aircraft and airways congestion to be relieved. In order to have it ready by the mid 1970s, if not sooner, the time for designing a new generation large capacity airliner, perhaps a superjet, was at hand. Boeing decided to build something completely new – a much larger aircraft with a wide, cavernous fuselage. By doing this it was to usher in the new era of so-called “widebody” transports.
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