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Boeing 747

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Boeing 747

The iconic Queen of the Skies/Aircraft

The Boeing 747 revolutionized air travel when it first flew in 1969. Known as the 'Queen of the Skies,' this wide-body commercial airliner was the first airplane dubbed a 'jumbo jet' and held the passenger capacity record for 37 years.

Measurements

Wingspan64.4 m
4,025Dice edges
22.2Condor wingspans
5,367Aspirin tablets
Fuselage length70.7 m
12.9Parking space lengths
2 tenthsCruise ship lengths
Empty mass183,500 kg
349,524Olympic gold medals
36,700Human heads
175Small cars
Maximum speed270 m/s
270Shopping cart rolls
123Olympic swimmers

Mach 0.92

Range13.4 million m
6.3 tenthsGreat Walls of China
1.8 millionTape measure lengths
Fuel capacity217 m³
4.9 millionShot glasses
54.2 quadrillionHuman cell volumes

216,840 liters converted to cubic meters

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