Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

In this picture book, readers follow the ambitious engineers and workers who built the massive Boeing 747 nicknamed the Jumbo jet at the Everett, Washington plant in the late 1960s. The book shows how the team tackled the huge challenge of creating a plane larger than any before it, even though the giant aircraft was initially too heavy to get off the ground. After solving the problem, they produced the world's first wide-body passenger jet, which could carry more people than any previous aircraft. The story explains how this revolutionary plane opened up air travel to more people and transformed the airline industry.