Documentary about the development of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The 747 was a game changer, the airliner that revolutionised mass, cheap air travel. But the first wide-bodied plane was originally intended as a stopgap to Boeings now-abandoned supersonic jet. This is the remarkable untold story of the jumbo, a billion-dollar gamble that pushed 1960s technology to the limits to create one of the worlds most recognisable planes.
2014
HD
92min
United Kingdom
English
Christopher Spencer
Eric Meyers
Philip Delancy
Stuart Saunders
Alexandra Metaxa
Jullian Littman
David Peart
aviation
transportation
manufacturing
