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7472
747 may refer to: * 747 (number), a composite number * AD 747, a year of the Julian calendar * 747 BC, a year in the 8th century BC * Boeing 747, a large commercial plane Arts and media * 747s (band), an indie band * ''747'' (album), by country music band Lady Antebellum * "747" (song), by rock band Kent * "747 (Strangers in the Night)", a song by Saxon from their 1980 album ''Wheels of Steel'' * ''747'', UK title for 1998 made-for-television movie ''Blackout Effect'' * 747, a performance art piece by Chris Burden Other uses * Area code 747, a telephone area code in California * Big Bud 747, the world's largest farm tractor * Swingline 747, a model of office stapler *747 Aberdeen Airport–Peterhead, a bus route in Scotland *FC Pskov-747, Russian football club * List of highways numbered 747 The following highways are numbered 747: Canada * Alberta Highway 747 * Saskatchewan Highway 747 Costa Rica * National Route 747 United States * * * * * {{Road index, 747 ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
747 (number)
700 (seven hundred) is the natural number following 600 (number)#690s, 699 and preceding #700s, 701. It is the sum of four consecutive Prime number, primes (167 + 173 + 179 + 181), the perimeter of a Pythagorean triangle (75 + 308 + 317) and a Harshad number. Integers from 701 to 799 Nearly all of the Palindromic number, palindromic integers between 700 and 800 (i.e. nearly all numbers in this range that have both the hundreds and units digit be 7) are used as model numbers for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. 700s * 701 = prime number, sum of three consecutive primes (229 + 233 + 239), Chen prime, Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part * 702 = 2 × 33 × 13, pronic number, nontotient, Harshad number * 703 = 19 × 37, the 37th triangular number, a hexagonal number, smallest number requiring 73 fifth powers for Waring representation, Kaprekar number, 703 area code, area code for Northern Virginia along with 571 area code, 571, a number commonly found in the formula for body mass ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AD 747
Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to present a product or service in terms of utility, advantages, and qualities of interest to consumers. It is typically used to promote a specific good or service, but there are a wide range of uses, the most common being commercial advertisement. Commercial advertisements often seek to generate increased consumption of their products or services through " branding", which associates a product name or image with certain qualities in the minds of consumers. On the other hand, ads that intend to elicit an immediate sale are known as direct-response advertising. Non-commercial entities that advertise more than consumer products or services include political parties, interest groups, religious organizations, and governmental agencies. Non-profit organizations may use free modes of persuasion, such as a public service announcement. Advertising may also help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
747 BC
This article concerns the period 749 BC – 740 BC. Events and trends * 748 BC—Anticles of Messenia wins the stadion race at the eighth Olympic Games. * 747 BC—February 26 – Nabonassar becomes king of Babylon. * 747 BC— Meles becomes king of Lydia. * 747 BC—The Lusatian culture city at Biskupin is founded. * 746 BC—Founding of Rome according to Livy's ''ab urbe condita'' * 746 BC—A revolt in Kalhu brings Tiglath-Pileser III to the throne of the Neo-Assyrian Empire * 746 BC—End of the reign of Zechariah of Israel (746-745 BC). * 746 BC—Suggested start of the reign of Menahem Ben Gadi of Israel. * c. 744 BC— Piye starts to rule in parts of Ancient Egypt. * 745 BC—The crown of Assyria seized by Pul, who takes the name Tiglath-Pileser III. * 745 BC—Legendary death of Titus Tatius Roman King (Diarchy with Romulus ). * 744 BC—Xenocles of Messenia wins the stadion race at the ninth Olympic Games. * 743 BC— Duke Zhuang of the Chinese state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeing 747
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body aircraft, wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the Boeing 707, 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%. In 1965, Joe Sutter left the Boeing 737, 737 development program to design the 747. In April 1966, Pan Am ordered 25 Boeing 747-100 aircraft, and in late 1966, Pratt & Whitney agreed to develop the JT9D engine, a high-bypass turbofan. On September 30, 1968, the first 747 was rolled out of the custom-built Everett Plant, the world's List of largest buildings#Largest usable volume, largest building by volume. The 747's first flight took place on February 9, 1969, and the 747 was certified in December of that year. It entered service with Pan Am on January 22, 1970. The 747 was the first airplane called a "Jumbo Jet" as the first wide-body airliner. The 747 is a four-engined jet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
747s (band)
The 747s were an indie band, from Liverpool, England. Their debut album ''Zampano'' was released in September 2006. The band supported The Raconteurs on their first UK tour in 2006. Other bands they supported in 2006 include The Strokes and The Thrills Singer Oisin Leech appears on Arctic Monkeys' cover of Barbara Lewis' " Baby I'm Yours", sharing lead vocals with Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner. The song was released as a b-side on Arctic Monkeys' 2006 single "Leave Before the Lights Come On". The band split and the lead singer, Oisin Leech, is part of duo The Lost Brothers with former guitarist of The Basement, Mark McCausland. The bassist Ned Crowther started a band "Smokey Angle Shades" with lead guitarist Fred Stitz who later joined the UK based Indie band Razorlight Razorlight are an English indie rock band, formed in 2002 in London by lead singer and guitarist Johnny Borrell. Along with Borrell, the current line-up of the band is composed of founding members Bjö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
747 (album)
''747'' is the sixth studio album by American country music group Lady Antebellum, released on September 30, 2014, by Capitol Nashville. The production on the album was handled by Nathan Chapman, Eric Kinney, Dave Thomson, busbee and Lady Antebellum. The following three songs were released as singles from the album: "Bartender" (which was released in May 2014 and reached number one on the US Country Airplay chart in early September 2014), " Freestyle" and " Long Stretch of Love". ''747'' received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised it for exploring a more diverse sound and affirming their pop crossover appeal. The album was also a moderate commercial success, selling 74,000 copies in its first week and debuting at number two on both the US ''Billboard'' 200 and the US Top Country Albums charts, thus becoming the band's first album not to top either chart. It also entered the top ten on the all-genre album charts in Australia and Canada. Content Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
747 (song)
"747" is a song by the Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It serves as the final song on their album '' Isola'' and was released as third single in July 1998. The single includes the B-sides "Din skugga" and "Elever". It's been recorded both with Swedish and English lyrics. It quickly became a fan favorite, and for six years, the band always ended their concerts with it. Name, lyrics and theme In its album version, the song is 7 minutes and 47 seconds long, almost half of that as an instrumental outro with characteristic guitar riffs and keyboard melodies. The title is not to be found in the song, and is not a reference to the Boeing 747 airplane even though the lyrics are flight-inspired: the Swedish original, which is slightly different from the English release, describes the narrator and an unidentified second character leaving or escaping something, towards an unknown destination, on a passenger airliner. It closes with a crash scene, moving into the instrumental outro. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheels Of Steel
''Wheels of Steel'' is the second studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon. Released in 1980 by Carrere Records, it was their first album to enter the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 5, and is their highest-charting album in the UK Albums Chart to date. The album eventually went on to achieve gold status in the UK. Song notes "747 (Strangers in the Night)" is about a power cut that forced planes in New York to remain in ascent in 1965 with the power outage provoking a Scandinavian flight to detour to Kennedy airport in the dark. The title track is featured in the video games '' Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City'' ('' Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned'' and '' Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony'') and '' Brütal Legend''. It has also been covered by L.A. Guns on their album '' Rips the Covers Off'' and bears a strong resemblance to the outro riff of "Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" by Black Sabbath, although according to guitarist Graham Oliver the song w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackout Effect
''Blackout Effect'' (UK: ''747'') is a 1998 made-for-television disaster/thriller film. ''Blackout Effect'' was originally broadcast on NBC on January 4, 1998. Plot Eric Stoltz plays John Dantley, an NTSB officer sent to O'Hare Airport in Chicago to investigate a collision between Global Airlines Flight 1025 (a Boeing 757-200 from Los Angeles to Washington D.C.) and PDO Cargo flight 342 (a Boeing 727-200F flying westbound cargo plane), where 185 people are killed. Charles Martin Smith plays Henry Drake, an air traffic controller who insists his radar system malfunctioned when the planes were being cleared for landing. When the rest of air traffic control dismiss Drake and blame the incident on human error, Dantley must discover the truth about the crash: Was Drake — a high-strung individual who already didn't get along with his co-workers — simply incompetent at his job or did Drake's co-workers and superiors know about and/or had previously been warned about the aging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
747 (performance Art)
''747'' is a 1973 performance art piece by American artist Chris Burden. The piece is one of a number of photographs of Burden's work that is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Background In ''747'', Burden was photographed firing shots with a pistol at a Boeing 747 passenger airplane while it took off from Los Angeles International Airport at about 8am on January 5, 1973. It had a single witness, photographer Terry McDonnell, who filmed the act. Burden was later interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and Federal law enforcement in the United States, its principal federal law enforcement ag ... after a photograph of the piece was published in a magazine; a calling card was left by the FBI at his studio. A meeting subsequently took place at his lawyer's house, where he explain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 747
Area codes 818 and 747 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. Area code 818 was created in a split from area code 213 on January 7, 1984. On June 14, 1997, 818 was reduced in size to create a separate numbering plan area (NPA) for most of the San Gabriel Valley with area code 626. On May 18, 2009, area code 818 was overlaid with area code 747. History After the introduction of American telephone area codes in 1947, almost all of Los Angeles County used area code 213. During the 1980s and 1990s, the population and the demand for telecommunication services grew substantially in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, so that area code 213 came under resource pressure. In relief the numbering plan area was divided with several new area codes, including area code 818 and area code 310. Area code 818 entered service on January 7, 1984, making Los Angeles one of the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bud 747
The Big Bud 747 or 16V-747 Big Bud is a large, custom-made farm tractor built in Havre, Montana, Havre, Montana, in 1977. It has 1100 horsepower. It is billed by the owners and exhibitors as the "World's Largest Farm Tractor". It is about twice the size of many of the largest production tractors in the world, depending on parameter. History The first two Big Bud tractors out of the Havre, Montana plant were the 250-series and were purchased by Leonard M. Semenza of Semenza Farms in 1968 located between Fort Benton, Montana, and Chester, Montana on his 35,000 acre farm. The 747 tractor was designed by Wilbur Hensler and built by Ron Harmon and the employees of his Northern Manufacturing Company, at a cost of $300,000. It was made for the Rossi Brothers, Elmer and Melvin, cotton farmers of Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield or Old River, California. The tractor was used on the 20,000 acre Rossi Brothers farm for eleven years; it was then purchased by Willowbrook Farms of Indialant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
