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  747 Home
We at 747 Productions continue to look forward as this is an ever changing business.
A representative from 747 Productions stated "In Peoria, the talent that was showcased was very powerful, giving some of these kids a once in a lifetime opportunity..." {to perform for The Source Magazine}.
The founding members of 747 Productions are originally from the Midwest and are very aware that Illinois is an untapped resource of talent that needs a creative outlet.
www.747productions.net   (751 words)

  
  Fatal Boeing 747 Events
Because of limited visibility and communications difficulties between air traffic control and a KLM 747 aircraft, the KLM 747 started its takeoff and collided with the Pan Am 747 that was taxiing on the same runway.
All 234 passengers and 14 crew on the KLM 747 were killed.
All 23 crew members and 289 passengers on the 747 were killed.
www.airsafe.com /events/models/boeing.htm   (1868 words)

  
  The Boeing 747
Once Pan Am had signed the contract to purchase the 747, the project was made a separate group headed by Malcolm "Mal" T. Stamper.
If a 747 crashed, more people would be killed at one time than died in airplane accidents over an entire year.
The 747 became the first airplane to use this accurate method of forecasting possible trouble.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Boeing_747/Aero21.htm   (1381 words)

  
 PBS - Chasing the Sun - Boeing 747
The "Everyman Plane," as it was dubbed, has been so successful that four different versions of the 747 have been produced over the past three decades since the plane was first introduced.
With a width of over 19 feet, the 747 appears from inside the cabin to be enclosed by nearly vertical fuselage walls.
The Boeing 747 was honored with a United States postage stamp as one of the most significant technological advances of the 20th Century - along with the Wright Brothers' first flight and Charles Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic.
www.pbs.org /kcet/chasingthesun/planes/747.html   (503 words)

  
 Boeing 747 at AllExperts
To appease concerns about the safety and flyability of such a massive aircraft, the 747 was designed with four backup hydraulic systems, split control surfaces, redundant main landing gear, multiple structural redundancy, and sophisticated flaps that allowed it to use standard-length runways.
Boeing announced a new 747 model, the 747-8 (referred to as the 747 Advanced prior to launch) on November 14 2005, which will use same engine and cockpit technology as the 787 (It was decided to call it the 747-8 because of the technology it will share with the 787 Dreamliner).
Boeing was keen to discourage the media and the public from using the term "jumbo jet" for the 747, but their efforts were in vain and now the term is synonymous with the 747.
en.allexperts.com /e/b/bo/boeing_747.htm   (5145 words)

  
 CNN - 747 Primer - April 9, 1998
The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended mandatory inspections and rewiring of the fuel tanks in hundreds of older Boeing 747 jets in response to faults found in the wreckage of TWA Flight 800 and on other aircraft.
The 747 is distinctive for its big hump at the front of the plane and its two-story cabin.
But now, the only time you are likely to fly on a Boeing 747 is if you are a passenger on an international carrier.
www.cnn.com /TRAVEL/NEWS/9804/09/747.primer/index.html   (454 words)

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