While modern commercial aircraft can be hard to tell apart, there's no mistaking the majestic shape of the Boeing 747. Its distinctive hump containing the cockpit and a second-floor seating area ahead ...

If you've ever seen what looks like a beluga whale with wings on the runway — or better yet, flown in one — there's a good chance it was the Boeing 747, nicknamed the "Queen of the Skies." This ...

In the early 1970s, the U.S. Air Force, one of the largest air forces in the world, tasked Boeing with exploring an idea that sounded like pure science fiction: turning its brand-new 747 jumbo jet ...

When people hear that Boeing stopped producing the 747 in 2023, many assume its retirement is imminent. Yet more than half a century after its 1969 first flight, the “Queen of the Skies” remains a ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has accepted a Boeing 747-8I from Qatar to serve as Air Force One, a mission that will require extensive modifications. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on 21 ...