Boeing and the U.S. Air Force explored an ambitious plan to turn the 747 into a flying aircraft carrier. The plan was bold, ...

The aviation industry witnessed the end of an era on Tuesday as Boeing made the final delivery of its iconic 747 “jumbo jet” model. The famed plane — nicknamed the whale for its distinctive hump and ...

The jumbo jet will certainly leave big shoes to fill!

The last Boeing 747 left the company's wide-body factory in advance of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. "For more than half a century, tens of thousands of dedicated Boeing employees have ...

Investors might be having their eye on Boeing (NYSE: BA) as its last 747 aircraft was rolled out of Boeing’s factory in Everett, Washington, on February 1st, 2023, ending its more than 50-year ...

The final 747 jumbo jet rolled out of Boeing’s Everett plant late Tuesday, marking a milestone for both the iconic airplane and the giant assembly plant that was built for the jet in the late 1960s.

Aviation nuts know this plane as the Queen of the Skies, but the world at large has come to be familiar with it as the Boeing 747. It’s a wide-body flying machine with twin aisles (the first to use ...

The final Boeing 747 has left the production line, yet the aircraft is celebrated by pilots and engineers for its enduring legacy, robust design, and surprisingly gentle, maneuverable flight ...

Rockwell Collins (Hall 4, G10) is currently flight-testing its new active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs), developed for the Boeing 747-400 extended range aircraft. The 8x8in DU-7001 features ...

The Cascade Range of mountains are pictured on the horizon as the final 747 airplane produced by Boeing, a 747-8 Freighter for Atlas Air, taxis before take off from Paine Field in Everett, Washington ...

Through the heat haze, airplane tails rose from the desert. As I steered off the interstate toward Pinal Airpark, in Marana, Arizona, I got my first view of a corpse in full: a stark-white Boeing 747, ...