CR2 - As in Joe Sutter's book "747" the design for the 747 was not the same as the entrant for the military contract, but was a new design using technology from the military concept. In fact it resembled an aircraft that the Russians have built, the An 124 - it had an anhedral wing with underslung engines and a conventional tail-plane (not a T-tail). The new design for the 747 satisfied Juan Trippe's request for a large passenger jet to carry 350 pax.