Written by a senior air traffic controller, this book tells the story of the Boeing 747, the original "Jumbo Jet", describing how it came about due to Boeing's loss of a US Air Force competition for a new outsized transport aircraft (won by the colossal Lockheed Galaxy) and revolutionized world travel after its introduction in 1969, effectively sealing the fate of the once-dominant ocean liner.
- ISBN10 1855324202
- ISBN13 9781855324206
- Publish Date 14 November 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 October 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Osprey Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English