Boeing 747 / Continental Ships and Boats CBU-10 laser quided bomb based

CBU-10 laser quided bomb based on the Mk 84 bomb

Howard Hughes was a millionaire who loved airplanes

and the prototype XF4H-1 flew for the first time 27 May 1958

A total of 327 were built

Boeing 747 / Continental Ships and Boats CBU-10 laser quided bomb basedContinental Airlines 747 airplane model. The hugely significant 747 revolutionized airline transport. Far bigger than anything before it, the 747 slashed operating costs per seat and thus cut the cost of long haul international airline travel. Boeing conceived the 747 in the mid 1960s following its failure to secure a US Air Force contract for an ultra large strategic transport (which resulted in the Lockheed C 5 Galaxy), when it identified a market