What is the Boeing 747?
Q: What is the Boeing 747?
A: The Boeing 747 is a jet airliner developed by Boeing in 1969. It is made by Boeing Commercial Airplanes and is often referred to as the Jumbo Jet or Queen of the Skies.
Q: When was the first type of 747 made?
A: The first type of 747 was two and a half times the size of the Boeing 707 and it made its first flight for an airline in 1970.
Q: How many people can it carry?
A: The Boeing 747 can carry more people than any other aircraft, up to 853 passengers. It held this record until the Airbus A380 was made.
Q: What else can it be used for besides carrying passengers?
A: The Boeing 747 can also be used to transport cargo and many other things due to its double deck design, which allows seats to be removed and replaced with a cargo door at the front of the plane.
Q: How popular has it been over time?
A: Initially, it was thought that only 400 planes would be sold but by 1993 1,000 had been produced and by September 2012 1,448 aircraft had been built with 81 still waiting to be built. This shows that despite predictions otherwise, it has remained popular over time.
Q: How fast does it usually fly?
A: The usual speed for a Boeing 747-400 is Mach 0.85–0.855 (up to 570 mph, 920 km/h).
Q: When will it eventually be replaced? A: The747 will eventually be replaced by theBoeing Y3 (part oftheBoeing Yellowstone Project).
