The true story of the Boeing 747, the plane that democratized flying

2024-02-22T15:22:37.827Z

Highlights: Historically Vôtre is produced by Guillaume Vasseau and Fabien Duchesne (at Le Bourget). Editor-in-chief: Benjamin Delsol. Author of the story: Jean-Christophe Piot. Journalist: Armelle Thiberge. Season 2023 - 2024 4:05 p.m., February 22, 2024 Historically Yours, episode 747, special broadcast: Stéphane Bern tells about the giant plane which bears the same number.

Historically Yours, episode 747, special broadcast: Stéphane Bern tells about the giant plane which bears the same number. A "jumbo jet" which took off from the United States at the very beginning of the 1970s, in a consumer society which wanted to allow everyone to travel the world. Or the true story of the Boeing 747, the plane that democratized flying... What place does this plane occupy in the history of aviation? How did it revolutionize air transport? Why did Boeing decide to stop production of this legendary plane? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern sits in the Boeing 747 placed on the tarmac of the Le Bourget air and space museum, with Jeanne Barthélémy, responsible for cultural and scientific mediation and Marie-Laure Griffaton, general curator of the heritage, director of the scientific department and collections of the museum.