I toured the Boeing 747 Experience at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. The jet was the first Boeing 747-400 produced and ...

The GEnx engines would propel the 747-8 model to a cruising speed of Mach 0.86 (573 knots / 660 miles per hour) ... the 'jumbo jet' became synonymous with long-haul travel, ...

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Boeing is delivering its final 747 jumbo jet, ... Airbus, have introduced more profitable and fuel-efficient wide-body planes, with only two engines to maintain instead of the 747′s four.

Boeing's 747, the original and arguably most aesthetic "Jumbo Jet", ... 1970, after a delay due to an engine glitch, it more than doubled plane capacity to 350-400 seats, ...

The last “Queen of the Skies” — the Boeing 747, affectionately called the Jumbo Jet — was delivered yesterday.The plane came out more than 50 years ago and ushered in a new era for air travel.

Boeing completes the last ever delivery of the iconic 747 jumbo jet. The company has ended production for the four-engine widebody plane. mariella moon. Contributing Reporter.

Since its first commercial flight in 1970, Boeing's 747 jumbo jet has flown more than 3.5 billion passengers. ... four engines, extensive landing gear and sheer size.

After more than half a century, the last Boeing 747 rolled out of a Washington state factory on Tuesday.. The 747 jumbo jet has taken on numerous roles — a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft ...

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Rival Airbus dropped its own two-level jumbo jet, the A380, in 2019.Boeing had signaled in 2020 that it would stop building the 747, even in its freighter form, as customers bought either the more ...