This prompted Pan Am to approach Boeing with a Boeing 747-100 model derivative that could connect New York with the Middle Eastern markets. In 1973, the airline placed its first order for the B747SP, ...

T he Boeing 747 will go down as one of the most iconic aircraft in history. Many travelers look back fondly on the experience of flying onboard 'The Queen of the Skies', while the ...

The crash took place on the ground - not in the sky - when two 747s collided on a foggy runway on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. At midday on March 27, 1977, Pan Am Flight 1736 from ...

The Boeing 747 was launched into operation in 1970 on a Pan Am flight. It was the first aircraft that allowed companies to carry much more capacity and offer its passengers more affordable fares. It ...

Ford Presidential Library and Museum, is proud to present Operation Babylift: A Celebration of the Human Spirit. This ...

Seconds after taking off from San Francisco, a United Airlines Boeing 747 shudders violently as one of its engines starts to ...

Boeing lost its way and also lost the trust of the American people after a January 2024 mid-air emergency involving a new Boeing 737 MAX jetliner and two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 ...

The contract for the new Air Force One was initially awarded to Boeing in 2018, when it received a $3.9 billion contract to build two new 747-8 aircraft for use as Air Force One that were to be ...

"Boeing has the contract to produce updated versions, based on the more modern Boeing 747-8, but delivery has been delayed while the aircraft maker has lost billions of dollars on the deal ...

A Boeing 747 that was transformed into the largest art car ever at Burning Man is set for its final journey to Las Vegas' Area15. The Bay Area-based Big Imagination camp first brought the 747's ...

As the vehicles neared mid-Boeing Field, they collided, resulting in a three-car crash with another car. Troopers arrived at the scene and apprehended the suspect, identified as a 28-year-old man ...

Suse Lowenstein was working on a sculpture in her home studio in New Jersey when she received a phone call that would forever shatter her family. It came from a friend. In a trembling voice, she ...