The Boeing 747-100 was the first variant of the Jumbo family. The variant is easy to recognize as the type was built with six upper deck windows (only three on each side). The upper deck was not ...

NASA acquired its first Boeing 747 in 1974, buying a 747-100 from American Airlines. Although N905NA was only four years old, American was having trouble filling its planes, and was happy to dispose ...

Since entering service in 1970, more than 1,500 Boeing 747s were built. For decades, if you were flying long-haul, you’d be flying a 747. The giant jumbo opened the world to passengers, democratizing ...

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and the last Boeing 747 variant—the 747-8. The concept of serrated nacelles came into being after General Electric collaborated with Boeing and NASA to create a feature that would reduce the noise ...

An Emirates 747-400 freighter, operated by a partner airline, lands in Luqa, Malta, on Dec. 4, 2014. Emirates this week hired Compass Cargo Airlines in Bulgaria to operate two 747s on its behalf.

The Boeing 747-400 wide-body airliner has been around since 1988, carrying people and cargo with equal prowess across the skies of the world. The plane is no longer in production, but plenty of ...

Days before Seattle-area residents planned to commemorate the 88 lives lost on Alaska Airlines Flight 261, another collision reignited air travel concerns.

During an earnings call with investors Tuesday morning, Boeing reported revenue of $15.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024—a year that ended with an overall net loss of $11.8 billion for the ...

Middle Eastern carrier Emirates’ SkyCargo division has taken its Boeing 747 freighter fleet to six, as the company continues to weigh its future cargo aircraft options. Emirates says it has ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Douglas Dorsey, who lives in Washington state, about his career as a manufacturing engineer at Boeing. The following has been ...