The question of whether the Boeing 747 is bigger than the Airbus A380 is one of the most common queries among aviation ...

The 747 is composed of about six million parts produced all ... A view inside the interior of the craft. The 747’s long life is remarkable partly because its start was so uncertain. Boeing ...

Qantas operated an all-747 fleet for six years (1979-85) after it retired its last Boeing 707 ... Many airlines did not share Pan Am’s views about the 747. The aircraft’s sheer size was ...

The Boeing 747 once carried the space shuttle and is credited ... it really marks the beginning of a new chapter. They're all going onto new jobs on other lines, building new planes that will ...

The last Boeing 747 has been built ... refreshment to passengers on long-haul international flights. The 747 later spawned all manner of variants focused on longer range, higher carrying capacity ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Yet as Trump plans to accept a Boeing 747-8, often dubbed a ... according to Bloomberg. Unable to view our graphics? Click here to see ...

I spoke with them about one of the greatest airplanes of all time—and one that will still ply the airways for decades to come. Curt Gottshall, current engineering chief pilot for Boeing’s 747 ...

By the end of 2022, the last three 747 aircraft to ever be produced will roll out of Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington. All three planes, which are 747-8 freighters, are scheduled to go to ...

In the late 1960s, the Boeing 747 was regarded as a huge risk that had ... 16,000 projects in 136 countries. They included all projects for which they could find data, not just ones that fit ...

The last Boeing 747 to ever be built has changed hands in front of thousands of people who wanted to say goodbye to the iconic widebody plane. Customers, suppliers, celebrities, as well as current ...

I remember the first time I saw a Boeing 747. It appeared out of the clear summer ... Boeing produced 1,574 “Queens” for more than 50 years. All of them were assembled in the purpose-built ...

Boeing has delivered its last 747 jumbo jet, more than a half-century after production of the plane began. Although many 747s are still in use — and will probably remain so for decades — the ...