Question

Specific answer required. Joe Sutter wrote a memoir titled for building these machines at a breakneck schedule with a team dubbed “the Incredibles.” The Pratt & Whitney JT9D was first designed for these (20[1])machines. These machines’ unique shape stemmed from Juan Trippe’s requirement to Bill Allen that they be nose-loading. The largest building in the world by volume is a factory in (*) Everett, (10[2])Washington (10[2])built to manufacture these machines. (10[2])The high-bypass turbofan engine was designed for these machines. A stretch “X” improvement to these machines was scrapped in favor of the Dreamliner. The original variant of these machines had a short upper deck used as a lounge by Pan Am. For 10 points, name these iconic early jumbo jets manufactured by Boeing. (10[3])■END■ (10[11])

ANSWER: Boeing 747 [accept specific types of the 747 like the 747-200; prompt on non-specific answers like airplane or passenger jet or jumbo jet; prompt on Boeings or Boeing planes]
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