Boeing 747
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.
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| National origin | United States
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| First flight | February 9, 1969
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| Introduction | January 22, 1970, with Pan American World Airways
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| Status | In service
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| Produced | 1968–present
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| Number built | 1,557 (incl. 2 never delivered) as of November 2019
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| Program cost | US$1B in 1968(7.2B today)
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| Unit cost | -100 US$24M(1972, 143.8M today) -200 US$39M (1976, 171.7M today) -300 US$83M (1982, 215.5M today) |
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