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 last Boeing 747 left the company’s widebody 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 ...
LEGO has launched its latest Icon set – the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (10360) – featuring the modified Boeing 747 and NASA’s prototype orbiter Enterprise. Priced at $229.99, it captures a pivotal ...
BBJ is putting an extreme spin on upcycling. Boeing’s business-jet division announced a new plan to turn commercial-passenger 747-8 airliners into the largest floating palaces in the sky. The 747-8 ...
For upwards of four decades, the Boeing 747 was pound for pound the largest, most capable, and the most iconic wide-body, quad-engine airliner the world had ever seen. Though Airbus' A380 may have may ...
National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft / Series A: Aircraft / Aircraft B / Boeing (Seattle, WA) (See also: Stearman) 11 x 14 inch color borderless photo on RC paper: ...
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 ...
For decades, the jet company Boeing has been as much a part of the Pacific Northwest’s identity as coffee and rain. [Image: courtesy Westbank] As people walk through the galleria when it opens later ...
WorldFlight has teams that operate high-fidelity cockpit simulators in a week-long virtual circumnavigation of the planet.
Aircraft giant Boeing has suffered another setback as it announced production of its much anticipated 777X planes would now ...
HAECO’s recent services agreement with SF Airlines for C checks on its Boeing 747 freighter fleet further emphasizes the sustained strong demand for reliable maintenance services for 747s. The ...