T he Boeing 747 program has given us icons of the skies like the earlier 747-100 and 747-200 models, as well as the ...

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

after a long fligth from Frankfurt. January 22, 2025, marks the 55 th anniversary of the first commercial flight of the Boeing 747, the graceful giant jet that changed the world of travel.

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 flight from Miami to Frankfurt was forced to make an emergency landing after its captain became ...

But right after the plane took off from the tarmac the pilot fainted at the controls, flight trade magazine Aviation Herald ...

Middle Eastern carrier Emirates’ SkyCargo division has taken its Boeing 747 freighter fleet to six, as the company continues to weigh its future cargo aircraft options. Emirates says it has ...

Dubbed the “flying Oval Office,” it has a conference ... According to Boeing, the key differences between the VC-25 aircraft and the Boeing 747 are the electronic and communications equipment ...

A couple were blown away by a Boeing 747 converted into a hotel ... They still had all the buttons and switches from where the pilots would fly the plane. We were also able to walk out onto ...

The hotel, which consists of one Boeing 747 aircraft, houses a range of 14 rooms ... the buttons and switches from where the pilots would fly the plane. We were also able to walk out onto the ...

Perhaps the most surprising of this list of the ten airlines by number of Boeing 747 orders is that Pan Am does not appear on it. It was Pan Am that had a massive impact on the development of the ...

The Boeing 747 is celebrating its 55th anniversary since its first revenue-generating flight (with Pan Am). It's been five years since Simple Flying looked back on the Jumbo's then-50-year long ...