| Description |
1 online resource (258 pages) |
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Cover; Dedicated Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; 747 Programme Chronology; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Start Of It All; Chapter 2: The Dream Becomes Reality; Chapter 3: The Spacious Age; Chapter 4: Pilot Error; Chapter 5: Continuing The Classic Line; Chapter 6: Off Course To Disaster; Chapter 7: Baby Boeings; Chapter 8: Pan Am Flight 103; Chapter 9: Long Haul; Chapter 10: Freighters; Chapter 11: Military And Multifunctional; Chapter 12: 'Megatop'-the 747-400 Series; Chapter 13: A Day in Schiphol |
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Chapter 14: 'Cathay 403, Will You Accept A Visual?' Captain Mike Rigg Wings Across The Prairie: From the Flight DeckChapter 15: Wings Across The Prairie: From the Flight Deck; Chapter 16: Towards the Eight; Appendix 1: 747-100 Characteristics; Appendix 2: Specification -- 747-100; Appendix 3: 747-100 Total Production List; Appendix 4: 747-100B Total Production List; Appendix 5: Characteristics with JT9D-7A engines; Appendix 6: Model 747-100SR Production List; Appendix 7: Specification 747-200B; Appendix 8: 747-200B Characteristics with JT9D-7AW engines; Appendix 9: Specification 747-300S |
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Appendix 10: Specification 747-200SPAppendix 11: 747SP Characteristics with JT9D-7 Engines; Appendix 12: 47SP Production; Appendix 13: Iranian Air Force 747s; Appendix 14: USAF E-4 E-4/C-25A/SP (Military/VIP) Series; Appendix 15: Specification 747-400; Appendix 16: 747-100B-747-8I; Appendix 17: Specification 747 Dreamlifter; Appendix 18: 747 Orders and Deliveries; Appendix 19: 747-8 Firm Orders and Deliveries; Appendix 20: Airframe Losses and Incidents; Index |
| Summary |
There is perhaps no other commercial airliner as iconic as the Boeing 747. A presence in our skies for over forty years, it has transported hundreds of thousands of passengers across the world. From its introduction with Pan American Airlines in 1970, it has persevered as one of the forerunners of commercial flight. Often labelled the 'Queen of the Skies', this is an aircraft revered by passengers and aircrew alike. The first wide-body airliner ever produced, it has set new standards in air travel and opened up the air routes of the world to vast numbers of people who might otherwise have been |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Boeing 747 (Jet transports) -- History
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Boeing 747 (Jet transports) -- Design and construction
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HISTORY -- Military -- Aviation.
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Boeing 747 (Jet transports)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781473838949 |
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1473838940 |
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9781473838239 |
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1473838231 |
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