I thought I heard "Donnell McDouglas"! So Qantas' "project sunrise" came too late for the Ultra Long Range version! Engines to make it go faster? That could equal better efficiency if the fuel burn per hour was the same or less.
747 trijet would have been awesome! If they had developed this version back in the 1970s the future versions of larger variants like the 747-400 might also have been developed as trijets with larger engines for fuel efficiency.
Yes it uses nice big engines too as well as how modern they look they are huge GEnX same as what's on the 787 . Doesn't look like a whale with hairdryers 😂
I love all the variants of the 747. I was an engineer so I’d love to be a crew member on anything up to the -300, the -400 is a beautiful aircraft! The -8 looks spectacular as well. Never got to fly any variant, doesn’t look like I ever will.
And also it was called the b747-8 because it was a lucky number (in china it was lucky)And they thought it would be a success in China(by they I mean Boeing)
I think the versions that stretched the upper deck would have made the 747 less viable of an aircraft for Boeing to manufacture, as the upper deck would not be super useful for carrying cargo. The reason why it even has an upper deck is because it was designed as a freighter.
Alan Gale We always called that the sheet metal version of the 747. Most parts were made from bent sheet metal with a minimum of machined parts. Now, darn few parts are made from bent metal.
Although I’m a Concorde,757, & A350 guy, the 747-8(00) is my favorite plane coz I found that it is so elegant,more beautiful and more modern than the 747-400 and the previous 747’s (for me, the -400 basically being in-between the classic and modern, and the -100,-200,-300, & SP are classics. Also, they’re also interesting coz they have their quirks and features like a spiral staircase found in -100,-200 & SP,ladder thing and nose door found in the freighter variant, and an elevator that are probably found in all 747 generations*).
We aren't sure if the 747 program is done with yet. The 747-8i is still finishing production. Or at least to my knowledge. We don't know if a new "747-LG4, 747-LG5, or 747-LG6" LG stands for Last Generation as large aircraft demand for aircraft of its scale drop. It's just a 747 designed to finish the bi-level aircraft lineup.
I like 747 - 400 & 747 8i Aircrafts never builted before. Please don't stop the production of these Airplanes. These planes are the identity of civil Aircrafts. Boeing is 747s and 747s is Boeing. a Airline means a identity and proud of a Nation. I Salute Boeing 747s.
I still think the 747-8i is the most gorgeous 747 of them all. The longer fuselage, sweeping 787 style wing, extended upper deck, and bigger engines make it look soooooo badass 🤤
JAL wanted a Fixed Landing Gear version of the 747. Boeing considered it. As JAL was a good customer. But any other use of it, resale, or cancellation of orders. Was a leap not worth taking. ...not many know that ☺...
@@Ampersandrascott come on! The 744 when released was absolutely in a class of its own. It was one of the first if not the first airliner with winglets which were its most distinguishing features. It is the best-selling model of the Boeing 747 family. Beauty, grace, efficiency and success. Those were the days when Boeing could make all your dreams come true.
Vieux Bal I have a kind of love-hate relationship with the 747-400. My design group had to figure out how to get those damn winglets on that airplane and still maintain guaranteed Interchangeability. That means that you should be able to install any winglet from any -400 onto any other -400 without having to modify parts or hole patterns. The blended contours on the wingtip made it really tough. We did it, but it wasn’t easy. Not then, anyway. We used hard gaging back then because all the neat digital stuff you have today didn’t exist. Don’t get me wrong. The -400 is a great airplane, but I think the -8i is proportionally much nicer looking. And, of course, the systems updates are a quantum leap over the -400. Plus, we added a RAT to make it safer (a HUGE RAT!).
@@Ampersandrascott are you telling me that you worked for Boeing on the 744 project? If this is the case, maximum respect👍🏿. I'm literally jealous. Thank you very much for sharing your experience. Of course the 747-8i is a beautiful and more advanced aircraft. But my heart goes to the 747-400😊
The 747-400 my favourite. As far as I know it has been the most successful jumbo jet unless I'm wrong. I even went on one coming back to Heathrow from JFK. How it was almost breaking the sound barrier for a massive plane like that was unbelievable.
I still can't accept the reality of not seeing these 4 engine craft around much in 2 years time since the airlines are putting them on the chopping block
Double Decker variants are my favorite. Years ago, I read in ENR Magazine about them, and I thought, "INCREDIBLE." New strips, gates, terminals, etc. would also have to be outfitted. $$$$$. I'm obsessed with these planes in particular. As a kid, my brother would drive us to IAH (Houston), and we would, at night, watch the 747s take off and land at the end of the runway ( of course outside the boundaries). He got his private pilot's license eventually. I never did (out of fear). I TRULY appreciate those who do pilot. INCREDIBLE men and women.
My favourite is the 747-8, although I've never ridden any 747 since Jan '89; my fifth 747. That was a fluke, being a short flight from Detroit to Denver. All were 200's except the 1st one I rode in Dec. '77 which was a 747-100. Since then I've been on the 777-300 in 2014 and in October I rode the 787's shortest variant from Vancouver to Frankfurt and it's middle length variant 2 weeks later in early November going and coming back (From Vancouver to England and back 2 weeks later.)
Only 6 -400ERs built, and the only 747s Qantas has left. :( (also 40 -400ERFs built) 47 747-8i's and 107 -8Fs ordered. Only 17 -8F's left on order. Once those are delivered, and the 2 VC-25Bs modified, I don't see Boeing getting any new 4 engine orders (other then maybe a handful of BCFs) :(
I only flew the 100, 200 and SP versions. The 200 was my favorite of the three. It had more thrust and a better flap system than the SP, which never had a proper looking fuselage.
The 747-8 was also called -8 because it tried to incorporate China. The A380 was called ‘80’ because it tried to sell well in China. In China the number 8 is very lucky. Boeing saw this and decided to go straight to -8 to compete with Airbus.
In the end, all that research resulted in the Boeing 747-8 series--essentially a stretched 747-400 with modern GENx engines and raked wingtips instead of winglets. The only reason why the 747-8I isn't built is because it has been replaced by the 777-9.
My favorite variant would be the size of the 747SP with only 2 engines instead of 4. With 2 new powerful engines and all the advantages and techinques used in 787 & 777X this would a variant that could keep the Queen of the Skies flying until the end of the century.
It's too bad neither the airliners nor the manufacturer thought of reintroducing the 747SP with the more fuel efficient engines used on the dash 8 series. Smaller capacity but more economical,longer range, higher speed and altitude. The original SP did fly higher and faster than its original model(I was a flight attendant back then for Pan Am) and maybe It JUST may have enticed the airlines to utilize it as a Premium aircraft offering faster service perhaps cutting air travel between the U.S. and U.k. by half hour or more with a higher priced airfare. Ah,but who am I?lol. ANYTHING to keep the 747s to be grounded.
They should have used a trijet design on the tail and kept the 4 engines up front so they would have 7 engines. You can never have too much redundancy for safety.
As of February 2019, the 747 has been involved in 162 aviation accidents and incidents,[226] including 63 accidents and hull losses[227] which resulted in 3746 fatalities.[15] The last crash was Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 in January 2017.[15] There have been several hijackings of Boeing 747s, such as Pan Am Flight 73 where a Boeing 747-121 was hijacked by four terrorists and resulted in 20 deaths.[228] Few crashes have been attributed to design flaws of the 747. The Tenerife airport disaster resulted from pilot error and communications failure, while the Japan Airlines Flight 123 and China Airlines Flight 611 crashes stemmed from improper aircraft repair. United Airlines Flight 811, which suffered an explosive decompression mid-flight on February 24, 1989, led the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to issue a recommendation that the Boeing 747-100 and 747-200 cargo doors similar to those on the Flight 811 aircraft be modified to those featured on the Boeing 747-400. Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down by a Soviet fighter aircraft in 1983 after it had strayed into Soviet territory, causing U.S. President Ronald Reagan to authorize the then-strictly military global positioning system (GPS) for civilian use.[229] Accidents due to design deficiencies included TWA Flight 800, where a 747-100 exploded in mid-air on July 17, 1996, probably due to sparking electricity wires inside the fuel tank;[230] this finding led the FAA to propose a rule requiring installation of an inerting system in the center fuel tank of most large aircraft that was adopted in July 2008, after years of research into solutions. At the time, the new safety system was expected to cost US$100,000 to $450,000 per aircraft and weigh approximately 200 pounds (91 kg).[231] El Al Flight 1862 crashed after the fuse pins for an engine broke off shortly after take-off due to metal fatigue. Instead of dropping away from the wing, the engine knocked off the adjacent engine and damaged the wing.[232] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747
Aside from the complexity factor, would a 747 Trijet really be more fuel-efficient than a 4-engine 747? Of course, a 747 Trijet would use 25% less fuel than a 4-engine 747, but it seems to me that it would also have 25% less power, and thus a lower carrying capacity. With just 3 engines, could it really be any larger than the DC-10 or L-1011, and still be able to fly well?
I highly doubt it would fly well, just from looking at it, it was gonna be too heavy, I would've needed engines more powerful than the JT9D and it would not be able to carry as many passengers and if it did, its range would've been abysmal unless most of the cargo hold was fuel tanks. It probably would've been a slow gas guzzler.
I mean, surely with modern engines like the GE9X they could create a twin-engine version, or a conversion kit for existing 747's. They came out in the 60's, engine's have to be twice as powerful by now, for airlines that already operate the 747 they should be able to opt to have them re-engined where they lose engines 1 & 4 and replace 2 & 3 with something more modern.
0:55 Lockheed L-One-Oh-Eleven? Did he say McDonell McDouglas as well?!
He did.
I thought I heard "Donnell McDouglas"!
So Qantas' "project sunrise" came too late for the Ultra Long Range version!
Engines to make it go faster? That could equal better efficiency if the fuel burn per hour was the same or less.
Donnell McDouglas - sounds like a cartoon character promoting a famous fast food chain :D
Aren’t you supposed to say it l-ten-eleven?
Typical none aviation fans..
747 trijet would have been awesome! If they had developed this version back in the 1970s the future versions of larger variants like the 747-400 might also have been developed as trijets with larger engines for fuel efficiency.
Where is the 747 AAC (Airborne Aircraft Carrier)?
Yea
I was expecting that version as well.
Same.
BETRAYAL
Planes and Games The AAC as you call it was an internal study for the DoD. It was never a serious consideration. LOTS of technical issues!
Say it: “L”. “Ten”. “Eleven “
I thought he was making some kind of joke or confused when he said "L, 1, 0" 🤣
Ikr
Christ what even was that
It's not hard, is it??
seven hundred and forty seven
“McDonnell Mcdouglas”
bruh
With all these mis-pronunciations, you may as well have said Boeing Seventy-Four Seven.
Boing Seventy-Four Seven Fourty Zero anyone?
Only Diane Abbot would say that.
I think the 747-8 is probably the best looking as it just looks overall more modern, particularly the engines.
Yes it uses nice big engines too as well as how modern they look they are huge GEnX same as what's on the 787 . Doesn't look like a whale with hairdryers 😂
@@tilez273 You wouldn't be referring to any other aircraft with that comment of course :D :D
Very true, the longer fuselage and 787 style wings and engines...
I find the 747-400 the best
Touring Bewdley nahhh clearly the Concorde is the best and the best looking
Whatever the version, she will always by The Queen of the Sky.
cadicorniche the day the last 747 flies Boeing needs to hold a candlelight vigil for all of us mourners
AMEN 🙏
You are correct sir!
Even the dreamlifter is graceful.
"Queen"
aka second place
The 747 TriJet Is The Most C U R S E D 747 variant and I’m glad that it was not built
But it looks kinda interesting
I really like the 747-400 because it's just so beautiful
WannaplaythisDavid yes, I flew on the 747-400 for four times.
Best of the 747s!
So freaking beautiful!
Doge Bomber just my opinion but I like the -400 better
i like the 747 100 more
747QLR with quieter engines: *isnt built*
747-8: haha
yup, the QLR and X were both design studies that eventually led to the -8
I love all the variants of the 747. I was an engineer so I’d love to be a crew member on anything up to the -300, the -400 is a beautiful aircraft! The -8 looks spectacular as well.
Never got to fly any variant, doesn’t look like I ever will.
And also it was called the b747-8 because it was a lucky number (in china it was lucky)And they thought it would be a success in China(by they I mean Boeing)
Same as Airbus with the A380 lol. Trick didn't work for them either
Must've gotten this info from Coby Explanes huh
Rafiah Aspagi divide it by 2
Actually, 8 sounds like “get rich” in Chinese, never been resembled to lucky.
Yea
Maybe the double decker version of 747 would have been great to see!!
The 747 is a double decker
I think the versions that stretched the upper deck would have made the 747 less viable of an aircraft for Boeing to manufacture, as the upper deck would not be super useful for carrying cargo. The reason why it even has an upper deck is because it was designed as a freighter.
747 Airborne Laser. One of the coolest aircraft ever made.
Cochiner Kerala I designed a few parts on the ABL. That whole aircraft concept was outdated even before Reagan left the White House.
For me the 747 -100 was always my favourite, It was the first 747 I ever saw and it was just beautiful.
and the first one for my license
Alan Gale We always called that the sheet metal version of the 747. Most parts were made from bent sheet metal with a minimum of machined parts. Now, darn few parts are made from bent metal.
Boeing 747-400, 747f and the Boeonf 747-8i and 747-8f are my favourite Boeing 747s :)
Any 747 with four engines is my favorite.
The short upper deck hits so different. The stretched upper deck just looks so weird
Even when all of them are scraped they are still king or queen
*I love the look of the Boeing 474 Tri-Jet*
Although I’m a Concorde,757, & A350 guy, the 747-8(00) is my favorite plane coz I found that it is so elegant,more beautiful and more modern than the 747-400 and the previous 747’s (for me, the -400 basically being in-between the classic and modern, and the -100,-200,-300, & SP are classics. Also, they’re also interesting coz they have their quirks and features like a spiral staircase found in -100,-200 & SP,ladder thing and nose door found in the freighter variant, and an elevator that are probably found in all 747 generations*).
Went on -200, 400 and SP. Beautiful aircraft.
“Modeled after the....Lockheed L-1’r11 tristar”....
Loved all versions and all proposals. The 747 is the most beautiful and graceful airliner every built to date.
We aren't sure if the 747 program is done with yet. The 747-8i is still finishing production. Or at least to my knowledge. We don't know if a new "747-LG4, 747-LG5, or 747-LG6" LG stands for Last Generation as large aircraft demand for aircraft of its scale drop. It's just a 747 designed to finish the bi-level aircraft lineup.
I will be talking my first 747 flight to America this year.
ROCKSOLID 19 Lucky you are not going to miss out flying in her. Enjoy! And her a window seat👍
Imagine how big and long the 747-700X would be had it been built, YIKES!!
The 747-SP is my overall favorite, she flies higher, longer and faster-followed closely by the lovely -8i :-)
SP is my number 1 as well. followed by the 747-8i, then 747-400 and 747-400LCF
I like 747 - 400 & 747 8i
Aircrafts never builted before.
Please don't stop the production of these Airplanes. These planes are the identity of civil Aircrafts.
Boeing is 747s and 747s is Boeing. a Airline means a identity and proud of a Nation. I Salute Boeing 747s.
747-8 is the best. But my favorite is the 747SP because when I first flew on it my dad told me that it was named after me because my initials is SP.
Fantastic video thank you
I wish they made the 747X because it sounds like a nice idea
0:59 McDonald McDouglas?
Big Mac and fries please.
@@bermudarailway lol
747SP was great. Flew one once.
I'm afraid I never had a good passenger experience on any 747. Glad to see the back of it!
I still think the 747-8i is the most gorgeous 747 of them all. The longer fuselage, sweeping 787 style wing, extended upper deck, and bigger engines make it look soooooo badass 🤤
JAL wanted a Fixed Landing Gear version of the 747.
Boeing considered it. As JAL was a good customer. But any other use of it, resale, or cancellation of orders. Was a leap not worth taking.
...not many know that ☺...
Great video. The Boeing 747-400 is the ultimate 747.
Accurate statement
Vieux Bal Don’t know why you would say that. The 747-8i is gorgeous.
@@Ampersandrascott come on! The 744 when released was absolutely in a class of its own. It was one of the first if not the first airliner with winglets which were its most distinguishing features. It is the best-selling model of the Boeing 747 family. Beauty, grace, efficiency and success. Those were the days when Boeing could make all your dreams come true.
Vieux Bal I have a kind of love-hate relationship with the 747-400. My design group had to figure out how to get those damn winglets on that airplane and still maintain guaranteed Interchangeability. That means that you should be able to install any winglet from any -400 onto any other -400 without having to modify parts or hole patterns. The blended contours on the wingtip made it really tough. We did it, but it wasn’t easy. Not then, anyway. We used hard gaging back then because all the neat digital stuff you have today didn’t exist.
Don’t get me wrong. The
-400 is a great airplane, but I think the -8i is proportionally much nicer looking. And, of course, the systems updates are a quantum leap over the -400. Plus, we added a RAT to make it safer (a HUGE RAT!).
@@Ampersandrascott are you telling me that you worked for Boeing on the 744 project? If this is the case, maximum respect👍🏿. I'm literally jealous. Thank you very much for sharing your experience. Of course the 747-8i is a beautiful and more advanced aircraft. But my heart goes to the 747-400😊
The 747-400 my favourite. As far as I know it has been the most successful jumbo jet unless I'm wrong. I even went on one coming back to Heathrow from JFK. How it was almost breaking the sound barrier for a massive plane like that was unbelievable.
Where's the double decker version on the thumbnail?
Any plans for a twin engine 747? Same body with 2 engine
Tri jets have problems with rudder area needing higher touch down speeds.
Short 747SP looks cute
I liked Boeing 747 Trijet but my favourite is 747-8
How about 747 twinjet boeing? With ge9x and 747 8f fuselage maybe?
The B747 is simply a beautiful airplane! The B747-8 is the best looking ever! Probably 11x better looking than anything airbus can churn out!
I love the One O 11
Really digging the tri-jet design.
I still can't accept the reality of not seeing these 4 engine craft around much in 2 years time since the airlines are putting them on the chopping block
No wonder this guy was fired and our now guy is here he has the best voice ever
Double Decker variants are my favorite. Years ago, I read in ENR Magazine about them, and I thought, "INCREDIBLE." New strips, gates, terminals, etc. would also have to be outfitted. $$$$$. I'm obsessed with these planes in particular. As a kid, my brother would drive us to IAH (Houston), and we would, at night, watch the 747s take off and land at the end of the runway ( of course outside the boundaries). He got his private pilot's license eventually. I never did (out of fear). I TRULY appreciate those who do pilot. INCREDIBLE men and women.
My favourite is the 747-8, although I've never ridden any 747 since Jan '89; my fifth 747. That was a fluke, being a short flight from Detroit to Denver. All were 200's except the 1st one I rode in Dec. '77 which was a 747-100. Since then I've been on the 777-300 in 2014 and in October I rode the 787's shortest variant from Vancouver to Frankfurt and it's middle length variant 2 weeks later in early November going and coming back (From Vancouver to England and back 2 weeks later.)
0:53 You didn’t even try
And McDonnell McDouglas? 🤦♂️
And seven seven seven?!
Thanks, interesting video. I like the 3 engine version.
"Small Locked L-one-oh-eleven" - yeah - the L-1011 was a small aircraft ;)
i prefer this voice to the ones today that sound like tts
Great video! I really like the 747-400ER
Qantas 747-400 down to Australia and back was my favorite flight ever
AK Max Flights yeah I love seeing the 747 Qantas
Only 6 -400ERs built, and the only 747s Qantas has left. :( (also 40 -400ERFs built)
47 747-8i's and 107 -8Fs ordered. Only 17 -8F's left on order. Once those are delivered, and the 2 VC-25Bs modified, I don't see Boeing getting any new 4 engine orders (other then maybe a handful of BCFs) :(
Hey! We have similar profile pics!
Amy Tomoe yeah. It will be sad when they go
There is a possibility of a 3rd deck, enhance passenger cap?
Boeing would have made a huge impact if they used 2 ducted fan electric engines along with 2 GEnx on the 747-8 passenger version
0:57 the L1011 was NOT a small plane...
The military UAV of many countries are approximately the shape of a 747 trijet
I personally think the 744 Is the best. Shame they are all getting retired sooner or later. Thanks for uploading this great video!
You should add a fan mad version(fan made)b747-9x with 2 ge90
There are many fan made versions of the Boeing 747, including a triple decker!
@@SimpleFlyingNews yea and some people who made mest up photo shop 747
I only flew the 100, 200 and SP versions. The 200 was my favorite of the three. It had more thrust and a better flap system than the SP, which never had a proper looking fuselage.
The 747-8 was also called -8 because it tried to incorporate China. The A380 was called ‘80’ because it tried to sell well in China. In China the number 8 is very lucky. Boeing saw this and decided to go straight to -8 to compete with Airbus.
Most beautiful 747s to me are the 747-8 & 747-200!
Is the narrator Found & Explained? It sounds so much like him
0:48 avianca old desing :,)
I love the 747-400SP, It's sooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuuuute!!!!!!!!!!!
you mean the 747sp?
@@kuzuma. Yes.... *bonks head*
You forgot to mention several other freighter versions of the 747 in your video. A little more time in the research department 😊
How ‘bout the 747 Air Force Version or Airborne Aircraft Carrier or AAC?
In the end, all that research resulted in the Boeing 747-8 series--essentially a stretched 747-400 with modern GENx engines and raked wingtips instead of winglets. The only reason why the 747-8I isn't built is because it has been replaced by the 777-9.
1:08 correction:
That’s engine 2 not 3.
We actually recently rebuilt some 747-400's into what are designated as 747-500's.
My favorite variant would be the size of the 747SP with only 2 engines instead of 4. With 2 new powerful engines and all the advantages and techinques used in 787 & 777X this would a variant that could keep the Queen of the Skies flying until the end of the century.
My favourite variant of the Boeing 747 is the 747-200
the tri enegine is my favorite
Love the 747 and always will, but that thing in the thumbnail was just a bit too "out there" XD
It's too bad neither the airliners nor the manufacturer thought of reintroducing the 747SP with the more fuel efficient engines used on the dash 8 series. Smaller capacity but more economical,longer range, higher speed and altitude. The original SP did fly higher and faster than its original model(I was a flight attendant back then for Pan Am) and maybe It JUST may have enticed the airlines to utilize it as a Premium aircraft offering faster service perhaps cutting air travel between the U.S. and U.k. by half hour or more with a higher priced airfare.
Ah,but who am I?lol. ANYTHING to keep the 747s to be grounded.
747 A #s 21 through #27. I did flight line interior installation on them.
They should have used a trijet design on the tail and kept the 4 engines up front so they would have 7 engines. You can never have too much redundancy for safety.
3:49 wow it’s an Emirates A330. Long time seen since it’s retirement❤️❤️❤️❤️ (check on bottom left)
The trijet Variant is my favorite for the time period.
I love the BOEING 747-8
As of February 2019, the 747 has been involved in 162 aviation accidents and incidents,[226] including 63 accidents and hull losses[227] which resulted in 3746 fatalities.[15] The last crash was Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 in January 2017.[15] There have been several hijackings of Boeing 747s, such as Pan Am Flight 73 where a Boeing 747-121 was hijacked by four terrorists and resulted in 20 deaths.[228]
Few crashes have been attributed to design flaws of the 747. The Tenerife airport disaster resulted from pilot error and communications failure, while the Japan Airlines Flight 123 and China Airlines Flight 611 crashes stemmed from improper aircraft repair. United Airlines Flight 811, which suffered an explosive decompression mid-flight on February 24, 1989, led the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to issue a recommendation that the Boeing 747-100 and 747-200 cargo doors similar to those on the Flight 811 aircraft be modified to those featured on the Boeing 747-400. Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down by a Soviet fighter aircraft in 1983 after it had strayed into Soviet territory, causing U.S. President Ronald Reagan to authorize the then-strictly military global positioning system (GPS) for civilian use.[229]
Accidents due to design deficiencies included TWA Flight 800, where a 747-100 exploded in mid-air on July 17, 1996, probably due to sparking electricity wires inside the fuel tank;[230] this finding led the FAA to propose a rule requiring installation of an inerting system in the center fuel tank of most large aircraft that was adopted in July 2008, after years of research into solutions. At the time, the new safety system was expected to cost US$100,000 to $450,000 per aircraft and weigh approximately 200 pounds (91 kg).[231] El Al Flight 1862 crashed after the fuse pins for an engine broke off shortly after take-off due to metal fatigue. Instead of dropping away from the wing, the engine knocked off the adjacent engine and damaged the wing.[232] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747
Aside from the complexity factor, would a 747 Trijet really be more fuel-efficient than a 4-engine 747? Of course, a 747 Trijet would use 25% less fuel than a 4-engine 747, but it seems to me that it would also have 25% less power, and thus a lower carrying capacity. With just 3 engines, could it really be any larger than the DC-10 or L-1011, and still be able to fly well?
I highly doubt it would fly well, just from looking at it, it was gonna be too heavy, I would've needed engines more powerful than the JT9D and it would not be able to carry as many passengers and if it did, its range would've been abysmal unless most of the cargo hold was fuel tanks. It probably would've been a slow gas guzzler.
all 747's are❤️❤️❤️
My favourite version were to be the stretched double decker variant
747-300 would have been a very eye-catching plane to see.
I mean, surely with modern engines like the GE9X they could create a twin-engine version, or a conversion kit for existing 747's. They came out in the 60's, engine's have to be twice as powerful by now, for airlines that already operate the 747 they should be able to opt to have them re-engined where they lose engines 1 & 4 and replace 2 & 3 with something more modern.
I'm not a 747 fan but I like the 747-8
Me too
My favorite aircraft Boeing 777..but i must say that the 747 is an impressive plane
The 8 just has the right proportions. The 4 is a little stubby
Airforce 5 My favorite Boeing was a 757, but the 748 (747-800/-8i) is much more beautiful than the previous 747 (except I really its features)
I always wanted a big delta wing on one.
Bet that would look interesting! - TB
Any version will win
Umm the 747-SP wasn’t successful. Some of the information here isn’t exactly accurate.
The 747 SP wasn't a sales success, but it set records that have not been broken by any other aircraft.
My favorite would be the London to Sydney version :)
Boeing built the 747 with a option to make it a freighter if the passenger version failed.
I almost died when he said macdonald macdouglas
Why is the website not working?