An airplane of firsts and superlatives, the 747 owed its instant ... to almost nothing—though Boeing is prepping two for duty as the next Air Force One—and the assembly line is bound to ...

The 747 jumbo jet has taken on numerous roles--a cargo plane, a commercial ... on Tuesday night. Boeing’s roots are in the Seattle area, and it has assembly plants in Washington state and ...

English heavy metal band Iron Maiden once sang, “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter,” but when it comes to dismantling the band’s Boeing 747-400 tour plane, it’s a little more complicated.

The almost comically large aircraft is fit to transport the oversized pieces to their final assembly plant in Everett, Washington. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Latest videos The Boeing 787 ...

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“I thought it was a wonderful aircraft ... 747 its distinctive hump. Boeing uses a modified 747, the Dreamlifter, to haul sections of its 787 Dreamliner for assembly. The Dreamlifter has ...

A decommissioned Boeing ... plane’s cockpit, was loaded onto a transport trailer early Wednesday, then moved on surface streets to the Area15 campus. The cockpit section of the fuselage from the ...

China tells domestic airlines not to place new orders for Boeing jets, adding new pressure to the struggling American plane ...