9 February 1969 – 9 February 2019
Today I am 50 years that the machine that best represents aviation in the world soar through the skies of our planet. The Boeing thought that the plane, Designed as he developed the first supersonic, He would have short life, maximum 400 constrict specimens. They were built almost 1600!
it Boeing 747 It is a wide-body aircraft, twin-aisle, and under swept wings mounts 4 engines, in time, It has passed since a boost of approximately 20 tons each to present almost 30 tons. The take-off weight, Meanwhile, It has risen from about 330 tons to over 440 tons of the last 747-8.
It is one of the fastest liners in service, being able to reach almost 500 knots (0,855 Mach) to cruising altitude.
It holds a very special record since, Solomon during the operation carried out by Israel to evacquare Ethiopian Jews into Israeli territory between the 24 and the 25 May 1991, a copy of El-Al transported, in one flight, 1122 people (1187 Passenger officially registered, but in several children they had been hidden baggage and, and Volo, They occurred 2 births).
The development of the Queen of Heaven (Queen of the Sky is one of the nicknames with which is known worldwide), especially at the beginning, It was not easy. I MOTORI Pratt & Whitney JT9D, in particular, They suffered from several problems: the time between the pilots turned the joke that to be a four-engine was a great three-engined, due to the fact that they were often forced to turn one off in flight because of some problem.
The fact remains that the Boeing 747 It is certainly the most iconic aircraft passengers of modern times and, everywhere, He has always been for people, the ideal of "passenger aircraft".
For this, today, AviaSpotter.it celebrates him with 50 photographs taken from the site archives. Photo coming all from Malpensa and representatives, for the most part, Cargo aircraft and liveries special.
Enjoy the photos and make the best wishes to this middle-aged lady who, more than decent, keep it going (and yet it will do for many years) to leave a (of steam .... no chemical stuff) in the skies of our planet
