The Boeing 747 jumbo jet that plunged in flames into the Atlantic was one of a family of aircraft considered an extremely sturdy workhorse of the airline industry. The world’s largest passenger ...

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 ...

A pair of modified Boeing 747 jets which serve as Air Force One presidential aircraft are seen at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., July 29, 2020. Reuters / CARLOS BARRIA An iconic piece of pop ...

Boeing finally conceded publicly Tuesday that while the all-cargo model of its 747 jumbo jet will continue to sell, the longtime “Queen of the Skies” has no future as a passenger plane. Differing ...

On Christmas Eve, I stood on the deck at my sister's house, watching my brother-in-law repeatedly crash his new drone into the neighbor's yard, hearing it smack into a side window and yelling "ROOF!

Hit by a protracted slump in the air-cargo market, Boeing announced Thursday it will cut production in Everett of the slow-selling 747 jumbo jet down to one airplane every two months, beginning in ...

The 747 democratized international travel, made intercontinental trips routine, and inspired generations of aviation ...

On an unusually warm December night, more than 25 years after her final flight with Pan American World Airways – 11 hours from Frankfurt to Los Angeles – Anna Gunther once again put on her pantyhose ...

The final passenger variant rolled off the Boeing assembly line in 2017, with the aircraft destined to join Korean Air.

RC aircraft builders strive for extreme accuracy in their scaled-down versions of real-life planes. And what looks like one of Virgin Atlantic’s 747-400s doing a low-pass fly-by is actually an 18-feet ...

On an unusually warm December night, more than 25 years after her final flight with Pan American World Airlines – 11 hours from Frankfurt to Los Angeles – Anna Gunther once again put on her pantyhose ...