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The Boeing 747 is an American wide-body commercial jet airliner and cargo aircraft. The first wide-body airplane produced, it was the first plane dubbed a "Jumbo Jet". Its distinctive hump upper deck along the forward part of the aircraft has made it one of the most recognizable aircraft. Manufactured by Boeing's Commercial Airplane unit in the United States, the 747 was originally planned to have 150 percent greater capacity than the Boeing 707, a common large commercial aircraft of the 1960s. First flown commercially in 1970, the 747 held the passenger capacity record for 37 years.

The quadjet 747 uses a double-deck configuration for part of its length and is available in passenger, freighter, and other versions. Boeing designed the 747's hump-like upper deck to serve as a first–class lounge or extra seating, and to allow the aircraft to be easily converted to a cargo carrier by removing seats and installing a front cargo door. Boeing expected supersonic airliners—the development of which was announced in the early 1960s—to render the 747 and other subsonic airliners obsolete, while the demand for subsonic cargo aircraft would remain robust well into the future. Though the 747 was expected to become obsolete after 400 were sold, production passed 1,000 in 1993. By July 2018, 1,546 aircraft had been built, with 22 of the 747-8 variants remaining on order. As of January 2017, 60 of the jets have been lost in accidents in which a total of 3,722 people died.

The 747-400, the most common variant in service, has a high-subsonic cruise speed of Mach 0.85–0.855 (up to 570 mph or 920 km/h) with an intercontinental range of 7,260 nautical miles (8,350 statute miles or 13,450 km). The 747-400 can carry 416 passengers in a typical three-class layout, 524 passengers in a typical two-class layout, or 660 passengers in a high–density one-class configuration. The newest version of the aircraft, the 747-8, is in production and received certification in 2011. Deliveries of the 747-8F freighter version began in October 2011; deliveries of the 747-8I passenger version began in May 2012.

Manufacturer: Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Model: 747-206B
Airline: KLM
Registration: PH-BUB
Aircraft name: The Danube
Role: Wide-body jet airliner
First flight: February 9, 1969
Introduction: January 22, 1970, with Pan American World Airways
Status: In service
Primary users:

Produced: 1968–present
Number built 1,548 as of December 2018
Program cost: US$1B in 1968(7.2B today)
Unit cost:

  • 100 US$24M (1972, 143.8M today)
  • 200 US$39M (1976, 171.7M today)
  • 300 US$83M (1982, 215.5M today)

Variants:

  • Boeing 747SP
  • Boeing 747-400
  • Boeing 747-8
  • Boeing VC-25
  • Boeing E-4

Developed into:

  • Boeing YAL-1
  • Boeing Dreamlifter

Specifications:

Cockpit crew: 3
Typical seats: 366 (32F 74J 260Y)
Exit limit: 440/550
Cargo: 175 m3
Length: 70.66 m
Cabin width: 239.5 in (608 cm)
Wingspan: 59.6 m
Wing area: 511 m²
Wing sweep: 37.5°
Aspect ratio: 7
Tail height: 19.3 m
MTOW: 378 t
OEW: 170.1 t
Fuel capacity: 204.36 L
Turbofan ×4: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 or Rolls-Royce RB211-524 or GE CF6
Thrust ×4: 193–230 kN 46,300–54,750 lbf
MMo: Mach 0.92
Cruise: econ. 907 km/h (490 kt), max. 939 km/h (507kt)
Range: 12,150 km
Takeoff: 3,300 m

About the model:

Manufacturer: Revell kit, self made
Scale: 1:450

The actual aircraft: