Airliner Tech 10 - Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet.pdf - Airliner Tech(Ang) - jano1968

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• Improved 747 Models

• 747-400 Variants

• Technical Description

• 747-400 Roster

• Advanced Engines

• The World's Largest Airliner

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VOLUME 10

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By ROBERT F. DORR

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Title Page: Atlas Air was not the first user of the popular 747-400F freighter but it became the largest when it acquired Polar

Air in 2001, and now hauls cargo in several other liveries in addition to its own. This jetliner is operating at California's Los

Angeles International Airport in August 2001. (Sunil Gupta)

Front Cover: This study ofa Japan Airlines 747-400 from beneath provides an excellent view of some of the technical features

of the aircraft. Note the complexity of the three-piece trailing edge flaps located inboard of the engines and the separate set of

trailing-edge flaps outboard. We can also see detail of the leading-edge flaps and main landing gear. (Tom Pesch)

Back Cover (Left Top): Illustrating an airliner with characters from the children's game Pokemon was a pleasing move by

All Nippon Airways. This aircraft is Boeing 747-481, line number 979, c/n 25645, registered as JA8962. Unlike -400s in early

operation on domestic routes, this aircraft's international configuration is equipped with winglets. (Alex Hrapunov)

Back Cover (Right Top): This is the underside of the left wing ofa partially assembled 747-400 in the Everett factory, prior to

installation of engines. The split pylon doors are in the open position. Each wing of the 747-400 weighs 33,000 pounds but

would be heavier were it not for the counterbalancing influence of the pylon-mounted engines. Games c. Goodall)

Back Cover (Right Lower): The -400's most widely-used power plant is the General Electric CF6-80C-B1F high bypass ratio

turbofan engine, a derivative of the CF6-50E2 but with a shorter overall length, larger diameter fan, four-stage booster

compressor, shorter combuster, core-mounted accessory gear box and engine accessories, and relocated engine mounts. (Boeing)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOEING 747-400

Introduction

A Word from the Author

Chapter 1

Flying a 747-400

Long Haul Mission in Boeing's Biggest

Chapter 2

Why the 747-400 ?

Improving Upon Aerial Success

Chapter 3

747-400 Airlines

Today and Tomorrow

Color Section Colorful Jumbos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 65

A 875,000-pound Flying Canvas

Chapter 4

747-400 Variants

Main Models in Use

Chapter 5

Technical Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35

Walk-Around Check

Appendix A

747-400 Roster

By The Numbers

Appendix B

Significant Dates

103

Key Dates in the History of the Boeing 747-400

141-400

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