How Much Did The Boeing 747 Cost To Build?

The Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747, is a beautiful aircraft. Playing a critical role in the evolution of air travel, Boeing put a massive amount of resources into bringing the jumbo jet to market. So how much, exactly, did it cost to develop the aircraft? Let’s explore this for today’s video.
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[@user-of5lw4oy3c]

Worth every penny.

[@williambrodner]

It would have been more interesting to include how much they made on the plan after 50 years of production

[@alabama1413]

Pan Am is sorely missed. It was the Queen of airlines, full of style in every way

[@nickwind2584]

The days when Boeing was run by engineers and not bean counters.

[@fubinaca]

They should really retake the 747 program and put dual GE9X engines to modernize and continue the legacy of the queen of the skies

[@matsv201]

Nah.. you need to change.pretty much everything then it would be like the new vw beatle... that is.. it kind of sort of rembles the old one, but have nothing to do with it.

[@MatthewL1973]

Worth it.

[@douglasthompson2740]

Nostalgia for when Boeing knew what it was doing and was good at it.

[@cskvision]

Even with the delays and cost overruns, the $16B and 5 year design-to-EIS is still quite impressive. Compared to the beleaguered development, delays and horrendous cost overruns of the Concorde, 787, A380, 777X and the MAX

[@grahamhufton7715]

I Will miss the 74. Modern double aisle twins look all the same

[@MichaelVanBladel]

Damn, 25 airframes covering over 80% of development cost. Stings even more that the A380 program was scrapped even though it sold over 200 planes :(

[@hakanevin8545]

IF 25 airframes were manufactured with 100% profit margin, which wasn't the case.
Writers of these videos are usually weak at arithmetics.

[@ronparrish6666]

Strange that the C5 galaxy is still flying and it came out before the 747 but i guess that when it's a military project and tax payers are footing the bill then they can fly forever

[@somerandomdudewholikesaviation]

nope

[@NickyMitchell85]

3:36. ……..but the same could never 👎 be said about AIRBUS WITH THEIR A380.

[@smoketinytom]

Perhaps, but Airbus has been nailing it with the NEO's and the quality put into each plane.