50 Years of the Jumbo Jet

BBC Future looks at the career of the plane

In 1999 the United States Postal Service unveiled the 747 Jumbo Jet stamp as part of its Celebrate The Century Over two years millions of Americans...

A wide-body aircraft also known as a twin-aisle aircraft and in the largest cases as a jumbo jet is an airliner with a fuselage wide enough to accommodate. The 747 was the first airplane called a Jumbo Jet as the first wide-body airliner The 747 is a four-engined jet aircraft initially powered by Pratt.