Four-turbine aircraft are a rare sight on the tarmac these days, as the efficiency and affordability of twinjet aircraft has ...

I toured the Boeing 747 Experience at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. The jet was the first Boeing 747-400 produced and ...

Seconds after taking off from San Francisco, a United Airlines Boeing 747 shudders violently as one of its engines starts to fail. The intense vibrations terrify the passengers, and are so strong that ...

The airplane was powered by a new and innovative high-bypass-fan engine—the Pratt & Whitney JT9D—that was developed for the 747’s 735,000-pound takeoff weight. Compared to its predecessors ...

Retired 747 chief engineer Joe Sutter was there ... 100-plus-seat jet in production. Underwing-engine airplanes evolved and became dominant because they were more efficient. An airplane’s ...

Remembering Ilyushin Il-86, "Camber," its NATO code name, or “Airbusky,” pejoratively called by Western observers.

A decommissioned Boeing 747 jumbo jet fuselage that was once used at Northern Nevada’s Burning Man festival taxied the streets of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas on Wednesday and successfully ...

The fastest Boeing found on the flightline today is more than just that, it’s also the last Queen of the Skies to ever take to the air.