File 001 · Category Openers
Record 017 · Transport · 1970
70.17.TBoeing 747-100
Boeing
“The jumbo jet that made intercontinental travel a mass product.”
Queen of the Skies.
Pan Am bet the company; Boeing bet the factory. Double-deck hump, 366+ seats, and the first true wide-body created cheap long-haul tourism.
Filed notes
- Twin-aisle wide-body
- High-bypass turbofans at scale
- Freight nose-door variant
Units. 1,574 of all 747 variants
SIC
3721
Aircraft
NAICS
336411
Aircraft Manufacturing
