The unmanned Spectrum rocket, an orbital rocket developed by German start-up Isar Aerospace, crashed and exploded 40 seconds ...

However, a series of delays led to Boeing postponing the flight to February 9, 1969, piloted by the first 747 test pilots Jack Waddell and Brien Wygle. The 747's first flight was largely ...

Therefore, the sight of a Boeing 747-400 charter aircraft taking off on a Wednesday morning from Phoenix was nothing new. The ...

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental successfully began its flight test program Monday taking off from Paine Field in Everett, Washington state, before more than several thousand employees ...

The Boeing 747 is a widebody, four-engined airliner ... Since its production in 1967 and the first completed test flight in 1969, over 1,500 aircraft were purchased, logging more than 118 million ...

The Boeing 747-8 has a cruising speed of Mach 0.86 ... breaking the sound barrier during a test flight. As reported by ...