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On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:11:29 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:

>"Miloch"  wrote in message news:p0p46701dg1@drn.newsguy.com...
>>
>> http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/nerdcore/heres-why-boeing-747s-have-a-giant-hump-in-the-front/vi-BBGAUt5
>
>Such is the legacy of Pan Am's Juan Trippe, who insisted on an onboard
>lounge, like the Boeing 377...

And here I am thinking it was because the 747 was originally designed
as part of the military competition for a freighter that the C-5 won.
Trippe was then able to use the hump that Boeing had used in their
design for a bar.

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