Jumbo: The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world

PRE-ORDER the enthralling history of the iconic, world class Jumbo Jet, from former 747 pilot Scott Bateman

Nothing like Boeing's 747 had ever been seen before.

Everything about it was superlative. When it emerged from the Boeing factory in 1968, the sheer scale of the jet made clear the vision, boldness and scale of the engineering challenge that had been required to build it.

When the airliner took to the skies for the first time early the following year, it was the biggest, heaviest, most...