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L-1011-Heavy · 12-11-2007, 03:42 PM

Yes Agreed On All Points. Somehow, I Think The 707 Wins Though. It Still Paved The Way For The Bigger Jets.
The 77 BTW May Not Have Come To Light As We See It Though. It Was Desingened For The USAF As A Large Cargo Transport In A Bid That Lickheed Won With The C-5.
The 747 As We Know It Would Not Have Been Designed At That Time As A Passenger Aircraft. Boeing Modified The Design & Had An Eventual Runaway Success With The 747.
Had A "747" Been Designed For Passengers It May Have Been DC-10/L-1011 Sized With 4 Engines Or Possibly Designed Similar To The 727 & Probaqbly Not Have an Upper Deck.
Purely Speculative Of Course But One Thing Is Definite: Boeing Would Not Have Designed A Passenger Airliner That Big At The Time.
Pure Luck One Could Say, But I Think It Was Ordained...

12-11-2007, 03:42 PM	#24
L-1011-Heavy The Heavy One Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada, Eh? Trijets & Landors 4 EVER Age: 45 Posts: 4,563	Re: Influence on Modern Air travel Yes Agreed On All Points. Somehow, I Think The 707 Wins Though. It Still Paved The Way For The Bigger Jets. The 77 BTW May Not Have Come To Light As We See It Though. It Was Desingened For The USAF As A Large Cargo Transport In A Bid That Lickheed Won With The C-5. The 747 As We Know It Would Not Have Been Designed At That Time As A Passenger Aircraft. Boeing Modified The Design & Had An Eventual Runaway Success With The 747. Had A "747" Been Designed For Passengers It May Have Been DC-10/L-1011 Sized With 4 Engines Or Possibly Designed Similar To The 727 & Probaqbly Not Have an Upper Deck. Purely Speculative Of Course But One Thing Is Definite: Boeing Would Not Have Designed A Passenger Airliner That Big At The Time. Pure Luck One Could Say, But I Think It Was Ordained... __________________ *The Heavy Armada* *"In The Absence Of Excellence, There Is Only Mediocrity."*