How does Boeing name their planes, such as Boeing 747?

Boeing categorizes their designs as follows: 300s and 400s series represent military aircraft, 500s represent turbine engines, 600s represent rockets and missiles and 700s for jet transport aircraft. read more

Boeing categorizes their designs as follows: 300s and 400s series represent military aircraft, 500s represent turbine engines, 600s represent rockets and missiles and 700s for jet transport aircraft. read more

The most well known aircraft in the 7×7 series is the Boeing 747, which also goes by the nickname “jumbo jet.” The 747 made aviation history. It was designed in the 1960s as a response to an increase in air traffic. read more

You must have noticed that all Boeing’s commercial aircraft names are in this format i.e. 7-7 (starts with 7 and ends with 7). This 7-7 designation which has come to signify Boeing’s line of commercial jets was chosen for purely marketing purposes. read more