On February 9, 1969, the Boeing 747, the world’s first wide-body jet, took its maiden flight, revolutionising air travel.

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 ...

Only a few of the greatest purchasers of the Boeing 747 were US airlines, and some still have them in service.

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The Boeing 747 is Boeing's biggest plane - or is it? Turns out, Boeing has a bigger aircraft called the Boeing Dreamlifter. Created for the express purpose to transport Boeing 787 parts, this platform ...

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Before the 744, GE used to fly one of the oldest 747s in the world, with its Boeing 747-100 flying testbed which was built in 1970. N747GE was acquired by the company in 1992, taking it directly from ...

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The 356ft long plane would carry 12 times as much as a Boeing 747 (which is 127ft shorter) - and it would even be longer than the Wembley Stadium pitch. One man behind the project is rocket ...

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 ...

Instead of tinkering with CGI or scaling down to toy planes, Christopher Nolan went full throttle and crashed a real Boeing 747. Because apparently, blowing up a 230-ton jet is just another ...