DocumentaryaboutthedevelopmentoftheBoeing747jumbojet.The747wasagamechanger;theairlinerthatrevolutionisedmass,cheapairtravel.Butthefirst,wide-bodiedplanewas(originally)intendedasastopgaptoBoeing’snow-abandonedsupersonicjet.Thisistheremarkable,untoldstoryofthejumbo,abillion-dollargamblethatpushed1960stechnologytothelimitstocreatetheworld’smostrecognisableplane.
DocumentaryaboutthedevelopmentoftheBoeing747jumbojet.The747wasagamechanger;theairlinerthatrevolutionisedmass,cheapairtravel.Butthefirst,wide-bodiedplanewas(originally)intendedasastopgaptoBoeing’snow-abandonedsupersonicjet.Thisistheremarkable,untoldstoryofthejumbo,abillion-dollargamblethatpushed1960stechnologytothelimitstocreatetheworld’smostrecognisableplane.