Boeing 747 / Air CanadaAir Canada Boeing 747 airplane model. The hugely significant 747 revolutionized airline transport. Far bigger than anything before it, the 747 slashed operating costs per seat and thus cut the cost of long haul international airline travel. Boeing conceived the 747 in the mid 1960s following its failure to secure a US Air Force contract for an ultra large strategic transport (which resulted in the Lockheed C 5 Galaxy), when it identified a market for

and extended loiter time on target in Special Operations Forces (SOF) and conventional roles

with production deliveries from that November

000 pounds of fuel and cargo and can fly farther than cargo helicopters

resulting from a redesign of the three-cylinder radial powered H2 by Walter Janouneay

copilot and up to 17 jumpers

F-80 Shooting Star airplane model

The new twinjet makes effective use of today's technology to lower operating costs

100hp Pratt &amp

With its "clamshell" loading doors and hydraulic ramps

4 billion to keep the RC-135 Rivet Joint (RJ) fleet flying through 2018

and computers will measure the distance and calculate its course and direction

Noted for its tendency to kill inexperienced flyers