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

Operators of Boeing 747-8 aircraft as at 23-Apr-2018. Source: CAPA Fleet Database. Orders for the 747 have slowed to a trickle and are dominated by freighters. The future of the Boeing 747, such as it ...

To-date, Boeing has delivered 1,365 747s in four basic types, the 747-100/-200 ... was designed to fly higher and further than the standard aircraft. The 440-seat Boeing 747-200B appeared in 1970 ...

The 747-300 featured marginal upgrades over the 747-200, including a higher cruise speed, ... Another tragic incident involving a Boeing 747 aircraft was the 1985 crash of Air India Flight 182.

The 747-200 followed in 1971, ... I had flown other civilian aircraft before going to Boeing for the 747 course but nevertheless nothing came close, size-wise.

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett, Washington, 50 years ago, onlookers were stunned. The aircraft before them, gleaming in the morning sunshine, was more than double the ...