The original Boeing 747 transformed the world of commercial aviation and launched one of the most beloved aircraft ever built ...
Boeing has released several variations of the ... However, the plane never saw the light of day due to two major problems. To ...
Boeing's big 747-passenger jet made its first flight in 1969, so it was still brand new to the world. After the USAF approached them, Boeing set about working on a design that would convert its ...
In 2020 BA and Virgin Atlantic brought forward plans to scrap the 747, a plane much ... hump and double decker design. Nicknamed The Queen Of The Skies, Boeing’s beast first took off in ...
Airlines could cut fares by packing over 300 passengers in the double-decker plane, which had the lowest seat-mile cost in the industry at the time. The world's first Queen of the Skies flew in ...
The second Boeing 747-8 arrived in Dayton after a 12-hour flight from Seoul and will be converted to a ‘Doomsday’ aircraft at ...
Doug Ackerman, the Vice President, Supplier Quality at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will replace Lund at the end of her term.
The next widebody aircraft family is sure to be smaller than the Boeing 747 or Airbus A380 and will require radical changes in design and propulsion efficiency while remaining compatible with ...
The 747 was imagined in the 1960s to meet a growing demand for air travel, with Pan Am asking Boeing to design a plane twice the size of the 707, the first jetliner. The Seattle manufacturer did ...
Trump’s opponents are foremost concerned that he will politicize the military and use it domestically against his political opponents. Should he follow through on his rhetoric, that could spark a ...
Iberia Airlines flew the first commercial flight of the Airbus A321XLR on November 6, the beginning of an era of ultra-long ...
The Boeing 747, the US plane that revolutionised air travel, has been given a regal send-off in the skies over Washington State. Atlas Air, an American cargo airline, took delivery of the last 747 ...