T he Boeing 747 program has given us icons of the skies like the earlier 747-100 and 747-200 models, as well as the ...

The final 747—a 747-8 model—left the production line ... the U.S. presidential aircraft, have been Boeing 747/VC-25s. [Courtesy of ] Gottshall notes that while the 747 is no longer in ...

As an aircraft type reaches the end of its service life, examples of it flying commercially become rarer and rarer (the ...

We are proud that this airplane will continue to fly around ... and was specially built in 1967 for the Boeing 747 model. The facilities will be readapted for the building of other models, it ...

The Boeing 747 is one of the primary long-range ... a number of airlines around the world as well as the base model for ...

We recently saw a special anniversary in the history of commercial aviation, with January 30th, 2025 marking 37 years since ...

Air Force One is one of two official presidential airplanes. Both planes are Boeing 747-200s. When the president flies on one, it's called Air Force One; when the vice president flies on one ...

Boeing proudly boasts of the 747's "Queen of the Skies" nickname ... Germany also wielded one during World War II. This aircraft was a very different model, a bomber known as the Dornier Do ...

Sir Richard Branson's space company, Virgin Orbit, just completed its final developmental test with its Boeing 747-400 jet turned ... debuting its full rocket-and-airplane launch system for ...