When Boeing Bet Its Entire Company on the 747

In 1965, Pan Am CEO Juan Trippe asked Boeing to build a commercial jet twice the size of anything that had ever flown. Boeing accepted on a handshake. Less than four years later, the Boeing 747, the Queen of the Skies took to the air for the first time.
This documentary tells the full story of the 747: how Juan Trippe and Boeing President Bill Allen made the deal that started it all, how engineer Joe Sutter and the team known as The Incredibles designed the aircraft in just 28 months, and how the first flight at Paine Field in February 1969 proved the doubters wrong.
We cover every major variant of the 747, the 747-100, the 747-200, the long-range 747SP, the stretched-upper-deck 747-300, the revolutionary 747-400 with its glass cockpit and winglets, and the 747-8, Boeing's most advanced version. We look at how the 747 democratized air travel, opened transatlantic routes to ordinary passengers, and reshaped the global economy.
The video also covers the 747's second career as the world's most capable cargo aircraft, flown today by FedEx, KLM, Kalita, UPS, Atlas Air, and Cargolux, and its role in carrying critical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. We close with the 747 in service today, including the VC-25A Air Force One and the future of the 747-8 Freighter.
Total build: 1,574
Passenger travelled: Aroud 6 billion

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