United flight 747 made history Tuesday morning. The flight from San Francisco to Honolulu was the final flight on the airline's last Boeing 747 aircraft. It all came fill circle after the first ...

United flight 747 made history Tuesday morning. The flight from San Francisco to Honolulu was the final flight on the airline's last Boeing 747 aircraft.

Editor's note: United Airlines made waves among aviation enthusiasts last week with a special Boeing 747 flight between Chicago O'Hare and San Francisco. While it wasn't the airline's final ...

Aside from the tour of United’s last 747 at UAM’s “Aircraft Disassembly Center,” bid winners also got to tour UAM’s Global Distribution Center.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – On Tuesday, United Airlines’ last Boeing 747 took off and landed for the very last time. Some parts of the jumbo jet, sometimes referred to as the “queen of the skies ...

United is planning pomp and circumstance for its last Boeing 747 revenue flight. The San Francisco to Honolulu flight will mimic the airline’s very first scheduled flight of this aircraft type.

The days of the Boeing 747 are numbered — but some travelers can take home a piece of this historic airplane. Known lovingly as the “Queen of the Skies,” and widely acknowledged as the world ...

United Airlines’ historic Boeing 747 aircraft — famously known as the “Queen of the Skies” — took off from San Francisco for Honolulu on Tuesday, marking the final time the massive ...

It is the first time United has auctioned off retired aircraft by the part, Hiller said. But the 747, once known as the Queen of the Skies, has an enthusiastic fan club.

Seconds after taking off from San Francisco, a United Airlines Boeing 747 shudders violently as one of its engines starts to fail. ... Within moments, the aircraft is losing altitude and speed.

Boeing rolled the first 747 out of its Everett wide-body aircraft plant over 50 years ago, on Sept. 30, 1968, ushering in the jumbo-jet era. Click on for more photos of the first 747, and other ...