As the last remaining commercial 747 aircraft near retirement, it still represents one of the most iconic eras in American ...
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 ...
The US Air Force has taken delivery of a former Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 that will have a very different second life from the ...
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, ...
A firsthand look at flying a Presidential Boeing 747-400 Combi on a VIP ferry flight from London to Beijing. The aircraft — ...
The flight attendant to passenger seat ratio and number of exits apply.
Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The 747s will be used to update the long delayed Air Force One program. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Air Force is purchasing two ...
GE Aerospace showed off its Boeing 747 "flying laboratory" in July. It's being used to test the engine of Boeing's future 777X.Carl Court/Getty Images Leading American manufacturer GE Aerospace is ...
The US president flies on Air Force One. Other world leaders in other countries also have their own official aircraft.