The jumbo jet. An iconic passenger plane capable of carrying hundreds of people along with all their luggage. There are so many questions we could ask: how do they fly; how do they accelerate so quickly; but today we answer one of the most fascinating of all: how is such a feat of engineering built in the first place?
First to coin the term ‘jumbo jet’ was the 747, the work of American aviation giant Boeing. With the heightened demand for air travel in 1965, engineer Joe Sutter temporarily abandoned the development of the 737 airliner, in order to concentrate on the larger 747.
This long range, wide bodied craft went on to become the first twin aisle airliner, with a standard 3-4-3 configuration. Just 3 years later, on September 30 1968, the first 747 rolled out of the custom built Everett plant, with the first flight taking place on February 9 1969. Market leader Pan American World Airways subsequently placed an order for 25 747-100 variants, the first iteration of this jumbo jet, entering service on January 22 1970.
How The Boeing 747 Is Built
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Much better and actually factual
I worked there at 747/767 FRC 41,42,43, 44 sections then moved on to an airline customer.
They should outsource the production to Asia or Africa, its much cheaper.
And people make mistakes
Does anyone know anything about that AS 747? AS doesn’t fly this equipment and yet it is shown flying with modern livery in this video. Thanks to any eagle eyes that know what’s up! Would be glad to know more.
Worst aircraft engine
Seattle to Everette in 30 minutes? Maybe at 2am. More like 1-2 hours during rush hour (non-covid traffic).
robots are actually more accurate than humans. I will be more relieved if all parts of the plane is assembled by robots. Human errors sometimes cause the plane to crash or have an accident.
So much inaccuracies in this video
I'm not sure if you mentioned this (but you should have), but the total cost is about $400-500 million for a new 747-8
Is just me, that think there is no robot in boeing everett factory
This channel really needs to stop making aviation video until they’ve done actual research.
When I toured the Boeing factory in Seattle, I did not see many people working in the factory.
Nice Video, but please use the metric system
Why not a single person of 10,000 workers able to spot and exposed Max issue, Afraid of getting fired ?
Beautiful
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So much engineering is involvement in such an aircraft, pneumatic, electrical, electronic, hydraulic, mechanical, and computer systems all have to interact to make the flight possible.
Yes the airplane is good, but Boring as a company is a screw up. There management is horrible and putting a lot of time pressure on the employees, not spending enough money on maintenance etc,. That's why the newest Boeing airplane is stopped now. Also, the spacecraft they wanted to build is also not working out. Anyways great airplane but horrible compnay
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iknowtherudder trim moves the rudder pedals but does it do it on boeings? also does the rudder trim directly control the rudder andcan it move the rudder as far
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Hello I come from the Limenade video (oh hi there Hunter, didn’t see ya there)