26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-1.7.3

RE-INVENTING THE LEGEND: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 747-8

C. Collisson
The Boeing Company, USA

Keywords: Boeing 747, jet transports

This paper covers how the 747-8 family of airplanes was developed, including discussion of the 747-8 market, program schedule, technologies applied and major design decisions made. Emphasis is given to the technical decisions made as the airplane was developed and how a major derivative is influenced by its parent airplane.

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