The 1st Widebody: Why Did Boeing Build The 747?

While Boeing pioneered the widebody with the 747, it didn’t operate in a vacuum. Douglas (later McDonnell Douglas) and ...

Is A Boeing 777X Bigger Than A Boeing 747?

The Boeing 777X will be powered by a pair of GE9X engines that are rated at 110,000 pounds of thrust each. The large Boeing ...
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I visited a rare Boeing 747 that Delta saved from the scrapyard. See inside the time capsule of flying's golden age.

A Boeing 747 is one of the most popular exhibits at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. This particular plane was the first Boeing 747-400 ever made and entered service in 1989. The jet flew for Delta ...
Fast Company

Goodbye, jumbo jet! Final sendoff for Boeing’s long-flying 747

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday: It’s delivering its final 747 jumbo jet. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial ...
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Why Is Korean Air Flying A Boeing 747-8 To Atlanta For 1 Flight Only?

Korean Air has been flying to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for over 30 years, connecting its base at Seoul's Incheon International Airport with the fortress hub of its long-time ...
Forbes

Iron Maiden’s Boeing 747 Tour Plane Becomes A Collectible

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Goldstein is a journalist and playwright based in Los Angeles. The iconic Iron Maiden tour plane is no more. The heavy ...
Flightglobal

Flying 747s at age 23: how Paola Velasco shattered biases in Bolivia’s airline industry

At the age of nine, Paola Velasco flew with her mother from Bolivia to Lima in Peru, then onward via American Airlines to Miami, Florida. The experience changed the course of Bolivian-born Velasco’s ...
Flying

747 cockpit

The final 747—a 747-8 model—left the production line for its inaugural flight on February 1 this year. The crew traced a unique pattern in the sky: a queen’s crown underlaid by the numbers “7-4-7.” ...
Forbes

Qatar’s Royal Boeing 747-8 Gift To Trump Is A Vanity Air Force One

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Offering an insider’s view of the business of flight. Whatever its fate, the $400 million gift has raised some ethical and ...
Washington Examiner

Low flying 747 causes panic in Manhattan

NEW YORK – A Boeing 747 used by the president was escorted over lower Manhattan by two Air Force fighter jets Monday as part of a government photo opportunity, causing a brief panic among office ...
Flying

Felis 747-200

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