The Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet The Plane That Changed The World Network. bbc two. bbc two hd. release. 27 february 2014. ( 2014 02 27) jumbo: the plane that changed the world, also known as 747: the jumbo revolution is a british documentary that was broadcast on bbc two on 27 february 2014. [1] the documentary, written and directed by christopher spencer, is about the development of the boeing 747 jumbo jet. A tall order. joe sutter, who died last year, led the engineering team that designed the boeing 747 in the mid 1960s. it took 50,000 employees to bring the plane to life. boeing says it took 29.
The Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet The Plane That Changed The World Bbc programmedocumentary about the development of the boeing 747 jumbo jet. the 747 was a game changer, the airliner that revolutionised mass, cheap air trav. The jumbo jet could have looked entirely different before it was introduced. according to cnn, pan am founder juan tripp envisioned it to be a double deck version of the single aisle boeing 707 model. nonetheless, boeing managed to sway his mind and the final design saw the first plane developed with almost vertical sidewalls and a high ceiling. The 747 was a game changer, the airliner that revolutionised mass, cheap air travel. but the first wide bodied plane was originally intended as a stopgap to boeing's now abandoned supersonic jet. Boeing’s big spending on the project – it owed $1.2bn to banks, a record at that time – came just as the us entered a recession. the 747 wasn’t cheap. each plane cost $24m, the equivalent.
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