Start Selling Boeing 747, manufactured by US company Boeing, often referred to as "Jumbo Jet" (eng. Jumbo Jet), or simply "747" - the world's first double-deck long-haul wide-body airliner. The first flight was made February 9, 1969. At the time of its creation Boeing 747 was the largest, heaviest and capacious passenger airliner, remaining so for 37 years, until the A380, whose first flight took place in 2005.
Boeing 747 is a double-deck layout, while the upper deck is significantly inferior to the length of the bottom. The size and kind of "hump" of the upper deck of the Boeing 747 made one of the most recognizable aircraft in the world, the hero of dozens of films and a symbol of civil aviation.
There are several different variants of the Boeing 747, most of which can make a long-range flights. The champion among 747 is the Boeing of Australian airline Qantas Airways, committed in 1989, non-stop flight from London to Sydney, having overcome thereby 18000 km in 20 hours, 9 minutes, not having onboard neither passengers nor cargo.
Despite the high cost, due to the high cost of mass air travel and operating leasing schemes, it is one of the most popular in the world of passenger planes. Until September 2010, it was commissioned in 1527 models of Boeing 747 aircraft delivered in 1418.
