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 ...

EVERETT – The jet that brought the Boeing Co. to Everett in 1966 is about to serve a brand new generation. The company announced early this morning that two cargo airlines – Luxembourg-based Cargolux ...

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!

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 ...

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 ...

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 is making its way to Tulsa, where it will be disassembled at a facility near the Tulsa International Airport, the Tulsa World reports. The work will be done by a division of ...

Boeing said Thursday it will reduce production rates of its 747-8 jumbo jet because of a sluggish air cargo market. The Chicago-based company said in a news release that production on the aircraft ...

The Boeing 747, with its upper deck and graceful lines, holds a special charm for aviation lovers. Unfortunately, the airplane that ushered in the age of mass jet travel is also on its way to ...