If you've ever seen what looks like a beluga whale with wings on the runway — or better yet, flown in one — there's a good chance it was the Boeing 747, nicknamed the "Queen of the Skies." ...

Boeing on Tuesday delivered ... nonstop flights to the masses — all in a design that was both enormous and elegant. But the reign of the mighty 747 has ended: The final plane left Boeing's ...

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 ...

Yesterday afternoon, Boeing BA held a live-streamed ceremony from its Everett, Washington production facility celebrating the final 747 delivery. The ceremony simultaneously reflected the iconic ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than half a century since the original jumbo jet ushered in a glamorous new jet age, helping bring affordable air travel to millions of passengers, the last-ever Boeing 747 was delivered on ...

The candidate is a Boeing 747-8 series aircraft gifted from the Qatari ... Not only to look for breaches in security, but also to fit all the extra countermeasure and communications hardware.

In all, the City of Everett flew a total of 5,300 flight hours. The oldest Boeing 747-100 that entered revenue-generating service that is not scrapped is found at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport near ...

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 ...

The Boeing 747 is one of the most iconic passenger jets ever made. With its huge size and partial upper deck, it is one of the most recognizable planes to come out of the airline industry, and its ...

his team worked out a solution and modified all 19 airplanes. Marmion said he’ll be doing a lot of projects in his garage in retirement. Framed there is a poster from an early Boeing 747 ad ...