Jumbo

Written & illustrated by Chris Gall

Discover how the Boeing 747 revolutionized air travel despite initial setbacks.

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48 pages

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In 1968, the Boeing 747, dubbed the 'Jumbo jet,' faced a daunting challenge: it couldn't fly. This picture book chronicles the journey of this groundbreaking aircraft, highlighting the innovative design and teamwork that made it possible. As the first wide-body passenger jet, the 747 transformed air travel, making overseas journeys accessible to middle-class families. Follow the riveting story of how this engineering marvel took to the skies, culminating in its historic transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1970. Will the Jumbo jet overcome its hurdles to change aviation history forever?

From the publisher

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 plane at the time and played a pivotal role in allowing middle class families to afford overseas travel. Author and illustrator Chris Gall, himself a licensed pilot, shows how an innovative design, hard work by countless people, and ground-breaking engineering put the Jumbo jet in the air.

On January 22, 1970, the Boeing 747 made it’s first transatlantic flight, taking passengers from New York to Paris in seven hours.

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