The plane was more than two times the size of Boeing’s previous project, the 707.
The size of the 747 was so large, that Boeing was forced to build the world’s largest structure by volume to assemble it.Six years later, Pan Am signed a $550 million contract for 25 of the planes. A very short turnaround time, especially by Boeing standards.
The morning of the plane’s debut, a replica of Boeing’s first airplane, the B&W, flew over Paine Field. Each of Boeing’s previous models then made the same ceremonious flight until the 747 appeared in the sky as the largest aircraft that many of the onlookers had ever seen.
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