The Boeing 747 has become a rareity in the skies these days. Only four global airlines are still operating the iconic ...

The famous Boeing 747, perhaps the most famous commercial aircraft in all of history, serves another purpose that only the ...

The 747 preserved at the museum, N661US, known within Delta as Ship 6301, is an important piece of aviation history. Despite being Boeing's 696th jumbo jet, it was the first upgraded 747-400 to be ...

A gigantic financial gamble at the start, the 747 paid off big for Boeing. Eighty-nine countries ... to its design. The Dash 8 would keep the jumbo jet’s signature shape, but nearly every ...

is a renovated Boeing 747, also known as a jumbo jet. Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from Lifestyle The Jumbo Stay Hotel ...

Low down and dirty: A United 747-400 flies a "dirty" pass (with flaps and gear down) by the Golden Gate Bridge during the 2010 Fleet Week Air Show. The Boeing 747 was flying at 145 knots ...

A decommissioned Boeing 747 jumbo jet fuselage that was once used at Northern Nevada’s Burning Man festival taxied the streets of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas on Wednesday and successfully ...

Boeing's 747, a plane that democratized global air travel in the 1970s but fell behind modern twin-engine aircraft, marked its 50-year flying anniversary in February 2019. Categories: Investments ...

At any given moment hundreds of people are soaring above us in a 747. From the moment the very first jumbo jet took off in 1969 ... This is the definitive story of the Boeing 747, from its ...