Object Details
- Creator
- National Air and Space Museum
- Views
- 12,386
- Video Title
- The World’s First Jumbo Jet
- Description
- The Boeing 747 is one of the most significant airliners in history. The airliner popularized air travel and ushered in a new era of affordable airfare. In the early 1970s many of 747s were outfitted with extravagant amenities like bars, piano lounges, and even spiral staircases. The economic reality of such amenities eventually hit the airlines. They realized they could make a lot more money by replacing lounges with seats.
- Video Duration
- 1 min 19 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- aviation air space national museum smithsonian airplane NASA Rocket Jet Discovery SR-71 Blackbird "Space Shuttle" History Science STEM astronaut
- Uploaded
- 2017-02-09T16:41:30.000Z
- Type
- YouTube Videos
- See more by
- airandspace
- National Air and Space Museum
- YouTube Channel
- airandspace
- YouTube Category
- Education
- Topic
- Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences
- Record ID
- yt_FsCoLvF9z6k
