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Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

Written and illustrated by Chris Gall
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Hardcover edition

Publisher Macmillan Imprint Roaring Brook ISBN

9781250155801

Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

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For the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747’s first commercial flight, a picture book about the development of the iconic passenger plane and how it changed the history of air travel.



In 1968, the biggest passenger jet the world had ever seen premiered in Everett, Washington. The giant plane was called the Boeing 747, but reporters named it “the Jumbo jet.”



There was only one problem. It couldn’t fly. Yet.



Jumbo details the story of the world’s first wide-body passenger jet, which could hold more people than any other jet at the time. The Boeing 747 introduced new technologies to the aviation industry and played a pivotal role in middle class families affording travel overseas.

Fun facts. Glossary. Sources. Author's note. Full-color illustrations.

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