Time
How the Boeing 747 reigned over commercial and Air Force One travel for 50 years
Intelligent Aerospace
The 747 the first widebody jumbo jet ever built, involving about 50,000 construction workers, mechanics, engineers, and others who took it from an idea to the air in just 16 months. Until 2007 and the introduction of the Airbus A380, it was the largest civilian airplane in the world.