Jumbo jet

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Jumbo jet may refer to

[edit] The Original

• The Boeing 747, the original "Jumbo Jet".

Because the 747 was representative of so many "firsts" in so many categories, first "wide-body airliner," first to use the "twin-aisle concept," and the first airliner to use "quiet technology high bypass turbofan engines," this particular aircraft is often and rightfully referred to as a jetliner for these among other reasons which follow. Among some of the other features that make this particular wide-body distinct from wide-bodies designed later are:

• triple decks - the lowest used by some airlines for galleys as well as cargo
• distinctive profile - unique hump over forward fuselage made this airliner easily distinguishable from others to the average traveler
• first "super-transport jet" as opposed to first "super-sonic transport jet," of the free world or communist world

[edit] Other Jumbo jets

• Informally, The Airbus A380, nicknamed the "Super Jumbo"
• Informally, wide-body aircraft
• Informally, Very Large Aircraft such as the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, Antonov An-124, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter, and Antonov An-225

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