8/7/2023 0 Comments Ups 747 cockpit![]() ![]() It has a pronounced 37.5° wing sweep, allowing a Mach 0.85 (490 kn 900 km/h) cruise speed, and its heavy weight is supported by four main landing gear legs, each with a four-wheel bogie. With a ten-abreast economy seating, it typically accommodates 366 passengers in three travel classes. The 747 is a four-engined jet aircraft, initially powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofan engines, then General Electric CF6 and Rolls-Royce RB211 engines for the original variants. The 747 was the first airplane called a "Jumbo Jet" as the first wide-body airliner. It entered service with Pan Am on January 22, 1970. The first flight took place on February 9, 1969, and the 747 was certified in December of that year. On September 30, 1968, the first 747 was rolled out of the custom-built Everett Plant, the world's largest building by volume. In April 1966, Pan Am ordered 25 Boeing 747-100 aircraft, and in late 1966, Pratt & Whitney agreed to develop the JT9D engine, a high-bypass turbofan. In 1965, Joe Sutter left the 737 development program to design the 747, the first twin-aisle airliner. Even though supersonic transports did not readily materialize for the most part, and did not supersede the Boeing 747 as initially envisioned, over time, the Boeing 747 was not only embraced as a successful passenger and cargo aircraft, many passenger Boeing 747 aircraft were ultimately converted into cargo 747 aircraft, known as BCF - Boeing Converted Freighter(s) when it was no longer viable that they continue to be used as passenger aircraft.The Boeing 747 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 19.Īfter introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2 + 1⁄ 2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%. Consequently, if a passenger 747 aircraft were ever to be adapted as a cargo version with a hinged cargo door, it would be much more cost effective and considerably easier to convert existing passenger aircraft into cargo aircraft if the cockpit were located above the nose, thus enabling existing passenger 747s to continue flying as transformed cargo planes. Interestingly, the large, quad-engine Boeing 747 was initially conceived in the mid-1960s, when supersonic transports were also concurrently on the drawing board, and viewed more favorably at the time as the likely successor for the future travel, Boeing engineers and Pan Am CEO, Juan Trippe opted for the Boeing 747 to be designed so that it could be readily converted into a freighter by merely retrofitting the fixed nose of the existing passenger aircraft with a large hinged cargo door. The first 787-8F (Freighter) was delivered to launch customer, Cargolux in late 2011. The Boeing 747-8F also boasts a greater payload capacity than its predecessor, the Boeing 747-400ERF, the aircraft from which it was derived. Easily discernible from earlier 747 models by its prominently curved aerodynamic wings with raked back wingtips and chevrons on its engine nacelles, the Boeing 747-8 was initially introduced in 2005 as a larger, quieter and more advanced and fuel-efficient variant of its predecessor, the Boeing 747-400, and utilizes the same cockpit and engine technology as its sibling, the Boeing 787, which is acknowledged by the suffix, 8 after 747 (747-8F), with the "F" designating it as a "Freighter." Unlike the passenger version of the Boeing 747-8i, which can carry more than 400 passengers in a 3-class configuration, the Boeing 747-8F freighter variant not only has a noticeably shorter upper deck, it is manufactured with a hinged opening nose door along with a side door on the main deck and a side door on the lower deck to facilitate loading and unloading the aircraft. ![]() An accurate, true-to-scale reproduction of the actual aircraft, the model is great for collectors and features authentic, highly detailed graphics and markings. Comprising superior quality, solid, substantial injection molded plastic components with a simple snap-fit design that allows for easy assembly without the need for glue, this SkyMarks 1/200 scale UPS Boeing 747-8F - with Registration N606UP - measures approximately 15-1/16-inches long with a 13-5/8-inch wingspan and comes complete with Landing Gear and a Display Stand. ![]()
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