EVERETT, Washington — Well into the first flight of Boeing’s new 747-8, co-pilot Tom Imrich brought up the fuel page on a display in the cockpit. Chief pilot Mark Feuerstein did a double take ...

Virgin Orbit successfully completes a test flight of a modified Boeing 747, called Cosmic Girl, designed to launch satellites into orbit. CNN values your feedback 1.

The 747-400 passenger jet was modified in Taipei, Taiwan, where MacDonald was in command of the first flight in September 2006. The jet experienced oscillations on the first flight.

A fifth Boeing 747-8 freighter test airplane took to the air in Everett Friday. Boeing said the plane performed well during a 3-and-1/2-hour initial flight, then returned to Paine Field, ...

The final 747—a 747-8 model—left the production line for its inaugural flight on February 1 this year. The crew traced a unique pattern in the sky: a queen’s crown underlaid by the numbers ...

Before the museum, Gray was a test flight engineer for Boeing. “We were the data gatherers for the 747 test airplane,” Gray said. The patch on his jacket shows a number one for the original 747.

CBS News' Kris Van Cleave visited Boeing's Everett plant as the plane was in final assembly, just days before it rolled off the line, made its first test flight and was bathed in about 120 gallons ...

On August 3, 1970, Pan Am 747 “Clipper Victor,” lifted off from JFK for San Juan, carrying 359 passengers and 19 crew. Flight 299 was a “redeye,” one of the first regularly scheduled ...

Per Flight Global, this includes three standard Rolls-Royce RB-211 turbofan engines, a Trent 1000 Ten engine, and the Pearl 10X test engine. This combination allows the aircraft to reach higher ...

In 1970, the 747 took its maiden commercial flight, ferrying more than 300 Pan Am passengers to London from New York. ... The last Boeing 747 aircraft produced during a test flight this month.

Before the museum, Gray was a test flight engineer for Boeing. “We were the data gatherers for the 747 test airplane,” Gray said. The patch on his jacket shows a number one for the original 747.