Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

by Chris Gall

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250155800
• ISBN13: 9781250155801
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 12.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3