Boeing 747
After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30% to democratize air travel. In 1965, Joe Sutter left the 737 development program to design the 747, the first twin aisle airliner. In April 1966, Pan Am ordered 25 Boeing 747-100 aircraft and in late 1966, Pratt & Whitney agreed to develop its JT9D engine, a high-bypass turbofan. On September 30, 1968, the first 747 was rolled out of the custom-built Everett Plant, the world's largest building by volume. The first flight took place on February 9, 1969, and the 747 was certified in December of that year. It entered service with Pan Am on January 22, 1970. The 747 was the first airplane dubbed a "Jumbo Jet", the first wide-body airliner.
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707
MISC
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DATE
Q8681
Pan Am
ORG
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UNK
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NUMBER
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1965-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1965
DATE
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PER
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MISC
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DATE
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25
NUMBER
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Boeing 747
MISC
-100^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-100
NUMBER
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1966
DATE
Q173150
Pratt & Whitney
ORG
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JT9D
MISC
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NUMBER
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Concept
1968-09-30T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
September 30, 1968
DATE
Q890159
Everett Plant
LOC
None
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UNK
1969-02-09T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
February 9, 1969
DATE
1970-01-22T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
January 22, 1970
DATE
Q2107978
JT9D
MISC
Q654051
high-bypass turbofan
Concept