Barka da ranar haihuwa, Jumbo! Fitaccen Boeing 747 ya cika shekaru 50

Shekaru 50 ke nan tun lokacin da jirgin Boeing 747-100 na farko ya tashi a kan Seattle a kan jirginsa na farko a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu, 1969 - ga dubban 'yan kallo. Jirgin Boeing 747-100 shi ne jirgin sama mafi girma da aka taba gani a duniya.

Labarin nasarar dangin jirgin Boeing 747 ya fara ne a tsakiyar 60s, lokacin da Boeing ya ƙera jet mai faɗin jiki a matsayin amsa ga haɓakar buƙatun jiragen sama. Bayan kasa da shekaru hudu na tsare-tsare da ci gaba, wanda injiniyoyin Lufthansa suma suka shiga, jirgin da aka kera daga sassa daban-daban na kusan miliyan shida, a shirye yake ya tashi zuwa sararin samaniya.

Boeing 747-130 na farko tare da rajista na Lufthansa "D-ABYA" ya ɗauki lambar samarwa 12. "Yankee Alpha", kamar yadda ake kira a cikin kamfanin, an mika shi ga Lufthansa a ranar 9 ga Maris, 1970 kuma an tura shi a kan Hanyar Frankfurt-New York a karon farko a ranar 26 ga Afrilu, 1970. Lufthansa shi ne jirgin saman Turai na farko da ya ba fasinjansa damar tashi ta Jumbo Jet, kasancewarsa jirgin sama na biyu na kasa da kasa bayan Pan American Airways (PanAm).

Murnar fasinjoji da ma'aikatan da ke cikin jirgin ya yi yawa. Dama tun daga ƙofar shiga zuwa jet, mutum ya shiga cikin "yanayin shampagne mai ban sha'awa", wani ɗan jarida ya rubuta a wancan lokacin. Ba abin mamaki bane, lokacin da aka yi la'akari da cewa akwai mashaya a cikin falon Class Class a kan bene na sama na jirgin. Har wa yau, "hump" na Boeing 747, wanda ke dauke da kokfit da bene na sama, ya kasance abin ban mamaki na Jumbo Jet idan aka kwatanta da duk sauran nau'ikan jiragen sama. Silhouette na Boeing 747 ya tsara shekarun jet kuma har yanzu alama ce ta salo ga yawancin masu sha'awar jirgin sama.

Jirgin kirar Boeing 747 mai tsawon kusan mita 70 da tsawon kusan mita 60, 'yan jaridun Amurka sun yi masa baftisma a matsayin "Jumbo Jet", wanda ke ba da sarari ga fasinjoji 365 a Lufthansa. Tsayin rukunin wutsiya, kusan mita 19, ya fi wani gini mai hawa biyar girma. Jirgin yana da faffadan injin injin guda hudu. Wadannan injuna sun sami nasarar fiye da sau biyu na aikin Boeing 707, wanda a baya ana amfani da shi a cikin dogon zango a cikin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na nahiyoyi, amma yana iya ɗaukar fasinjoji kusan 150 kawai.

Kafin karbar jirginsa na farko na Jumbo Jet, Lufthansa dole ne ya daidaita jiragensa da kuma yadda ake tafiyar da fasinja ta yadda za su iya jurewa nau'ikan jirgin daban-daban. Sabbin gadoji na hawan fasinja, taraktoci na musamman, manyan motocin daukar kicin da manyan motocin dakon tanka, duk an kera su a filin jirgin saman Frankfurt, ciki har da rataya mai fadin murabba'in mita 27,000 mai sararin sararin samaniyar Jet Jumbo guda shida. Bugu da ƙari, dole ne a samar da ƙarin ƙididdiga a cikin zauren shiga.
Bayan Lufthansa ya kuma yi amfani da samfurin magajinsa (747-200 da 747-400), Lufthansa shi ne jirgin fasinja na farko a duniya da ya karɓi “jikan” Jumbo Jet na farko, Boeing 747-8, a ranar 2 ga Mayu, 2012. Na zamani jirgin sama na iya ɗaukar fasinjoji 364 a Farko, Kasuwanci, Babban Tattalin Arziki da Ajin Tattalin Arziki. Yana cinye fiye da lita uku na man fetur ga kowane fasinja sama da kilomita 100 kuma yana da ƙarancin hayaniya kashi 30 bisa ɗari fiye da wanda ya riga shi. Lokacin da Lufthansa ya bayyana sabon samfurin sa kimanin shekara guda da ta gabata, Boeing 747-8 shine jirgin farko da aka gabatar a cikin sabon livery. Kamar jirgin sama na 747 na farko shekaru 50 da suka gabata, ana kiran wannan injin "Yankee Alpha", kuma.

Jirgin Jumbo Jet ba kawai yana da aiki a matsayin jirgin fasinja ba. A cikin Maris 1972, Lufthansa ya ɗauki "Boeing murmushi na farko" a duniya - nau'in jigilar kaya, Boeing 747-230F. Haɓakarsa ta buɗe a kwance, yana sauƙaƙa ɗaukar kaya ko da manyan kaya. An yiwa lakabi da Jumbo Jet lakabin “Maganin ƙwaro”, saboda yana da sarari don 72 VW Beetles a cikin fuselage.

Barka da ranar haihuwa, Jumbo!