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Iconic Commercial Aircraft

Name: Iconic Commercial Aircraft
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Legendary passenger jets and airliners that defined commercial aviation — which iconic airliner is the greatest of all time?

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Model↕	Manufacturer↕	First Flight↕	Max Passengers↕	Range (km)↕	Claim to Fame↕
Boeing 747	Boeing	1,969	660	14,815	The original 'Jumbo Jet' that democratized long-haul travel
Concorde	BAC / Aérospatiale	1,969	128	7,250	Only successful supersonic airliner; Mach 2.04 cruise
Airbus A380	Airbus	2,005	853	14,800	Largest passenger aircraft ever built; full double-decker
Boeing 707	Boeing	1,957	189	9,265	Launched the Jet Age for mainstream commercial aviation
Douglas DC-3	Douglas	1,935	32	2,400	Made airlines profitable on passengers alone for the first time
Boeing 737	Boeing	1,967	230	6,570	Best-selling commercial jet airliner in history
Airbus A320	Airbus	1,987	244	6,150	First fly-by-wire commercial airliner; Boeing 737's main rival
Boeing 777	Boeing	1,994	426	15,843	World's largest twin-engine jet; first all-digitally-designed Boeing
Boeing 787 Dreamliner	Boeing	2,009	330	14,140	First majority-composite airliner; 20% more fuel-efficient
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar	Lockheed	1,970	400	9,899	Technologically advanced trijet; pioneered autoland systems
Tupolev Tu-144	Tupolev	1,968	140	6,500	First supersonic airliner to fly; Soviet rival to Concorde
McDonnell Douglas DC-10	McDonnell Douglas	1,970	380	9,600	Wide-body trijet that defined 1970s long-haul flying
Boeing 727	Boeing	1,963	189	5,000	Distinctive trijet; first Boeing to sell 1,000 units
Vickers VC10	Vickers-Armstrongs	1,962	151	9,410	Rear-engine British jet famed for hot-and-high airfield performance
Airbus A350	Airbus	2,013	410	18,000	Modern composite long-hauler; world's longest commercial route capable