The height of a 747 aircraft is 63 feet 8 inches (19.4 m), equivalent to a six-story building.
They each also have 171 miles (274 km) of wiring and five miles (8 km) of tubing they consist of 147,000 pounds (66,150 kg) of high-strength aluminum, with 16 main landing gear tires and two nose landing gear tires. The 747 family, examples of which first flew commercially in 1970, includes models each comprising more than six million parts. A quick look at the Boeing 747 aircraft family, one of the world’s most impressive aircraft if not the most complex by today’s standards, is revealing. If a commercial airliner soaring across the skies makes a captivating impression, that aircraft’s complexity is, to an even greater degree, daunting. This four-part series explains how new document specifications, content consumption expectations, mobile technology, and other trends in civil aviation information management have developed an industry step-change aimed at building efficiencies in the management of technical information throughout its lifecycle, from OEMs and their suppliers to airlines and MROs, challenging the current way things are done.
JD Sillion, VP Products and Solutions at InfoTrust Group reviews trends defining what it takes to remain competitive in the Civil Aviation Industry
