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Fifty years on, Boeing's 747 clings to life as cargo carrier
Boeing's 747 jumbo jet, an aircraft that democratized global air travel in the 1970s but fell behind modern twin-engine passenger jets, has bounced back from near death to mark its 50-year flying anniversary on Saturday, thanks to a cargo market boom fueled by online shopping. Boeing's "Queen of the Skies" is the world's most easily recognized jetliner with its humped fuselage and four engines. It is now enjoying a second, perhaps less glamorous life, as a cargo mule for… (www.yahoo.com) More...
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A half century on, the 'humped fuselage' design to allow freight hauling seems to validate it's two track pax/cargo mission. Pax side world has changed radically in a half century with smaller, more efficient planes designed to address those changes. The most radical change on the cargo side is is moving retailing to the Internet. The Queen of the skies will still be a workhorse when the turn the last A380 into beercans.
