Jumbo: The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Jumbo: The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world audiobook runs 11.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Angus King (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 3,827 Computers & Technology audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Angus King
Angus King narrates 164 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,665 hours in all.
About as long, on the Computers & Technology shelf
329 Computers & Technology audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
- Nuclear War: A Scenario
- The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
- The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
- Mapping Humanity: How Modern Genetics Is Changing Criminal Justice, Personalized Medicine, and Our Identities
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Jumbo: The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world is an audiobook by Scott Bateman: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Angus King, released February 19, 2026, on the Computers & Technology shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Angus King
- Released
- February 19, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9781405962346
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Jumbo: The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world audiobook?
Jumbo: The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is the Jumbo: The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Jumbo: The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world?
Jumbo: The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world is narrated by Angus King.
Is Jumbo: The extraordinary story of the Boeing 747, the plane that changed the world worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.