After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2+1⁄2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%. In 1965, Joe Sutter left the 737 development program to design the 747. In April 1966, Pan Am ordered 25 Boeing 747-100 aircraft, and in late 1966, Pratt & Whitney agreed to develop the JT9D engine, a high-bypass turbofan. On September 30, 1968, the first 747 was rolled out of the custom-built Everett Plant, the world's largest building by volume. The 747's first flight took place on February 9, 1969, and the 747 was certified in December of that year. It entered service with Pan Am on January 22, 1970. The 747 was the first airplane called a "Jumbo Jet" as the first wide-body airliner. (Full article...)
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Image 1A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 18Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 19Modes of road transport in Dublin, 1929 (from Road transport)
Image 200-Series Shinkansen, introduced in 1964, triggered the intercity train travel boom. (from Rail transport)
Image 21A prototype of a Ganz AC electric locomotive in Valtellina, Italy, 1901 (from Rail transport)
Image 22The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 23Passengers waiting to board a tube train on the London Underground in the early 1900s (sketch by unknown artist)
Image 24The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 41Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 42The Polish transport company Bedmet uses a special vehicle to transport two large silos. (from Road transport)
Image 43European rail subsidies in euros per passenger-km for 2008 (from Rail transport)
Image 44German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 45A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon; the tracks are plateways. (from Rail transport)
Image 49Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 50Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 51An ambulance from World War I (from Transport)
Image 52According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 53The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 54Transport is a key component of growth and globalization, such as in Seattle, Washington, United States.
The US Navy attack submarineUSS Annapolis (SSN 760) rests in the Arctic Ocean after surfacing through three feet of ice during Ice Exercise 2009 on March 21, 2009.
... that a section of Mississippi Highway 489 was designated as the Jason Boyd Memorial Highway to commemorate the MDOT superintendent who was killed while removing debris from the road?
... that United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg wrote an essay in 2000 on Bernie Sanders, his future competitor in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries?
... that when Charles P. Gross became the chairman of the New York City Board of Transportation, the mayor told him that "if you think war is Hell, then you have something waiting for you on this job"?