The jumbo interiors that didn’t fly – exclusive new photos

Anyone for a jumbo restaurant or a downstairs cocktail lounge?

They were just some of the crazy – and not so crazy ideas – that Boeing and other manufacturers came up with to sell the virtues of new jumbo designs that promised room to move.

Boeing introduced the spacious age with its 747 in 1970 but airline chiefs were initially scratching their heads wondering how to fill all the space as the 747 was more than twice the size of the 707 it would replace.

READ: The supersonic airliner that turned into a white elephant.  

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Source:: AirlineRatings.Com

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