Aviation nuts know this plane as the Queen of the Skies, but the world at large has come to be familiar with it as the Boeing 747. It’s a wide-body flying machine with twin aisles (the first to use ...

The final 747 jumbo jet rolled out of Boeing’s Everett plant late Tuesday, marking a milestone for both the iconic airplane and the giant assembly plant that was built for the jet in the late 1960s.

TheBoeing 747 is perhaps the most famous subsonic airliner of all time. With its distinctive partial upper deck, four engines, and historical provenance, the 747 is an icon of aviation. Boeing has ...

The aviation industry witnessed the end of an era on Tuesday as Boeing made the final delivery of its iconic 747 “jumbo jet” model. The famed plane — nicknamed the whale for its distinctive hump and ...

Boeing will deliver its last 747 model jet to cargo carrier Atlas Air Tuesday after over 50 years and 1,574 jets made. Boeing planned to hand over the cargo plane, which rolled off the Everett, ...

Boeing Co. is launching bigger, more efficient versions of its 747 jumbo jet in a move that will put competitive pressure on rival Airbus and its A380 superjumbo. The Chicago-based company said late ...

For a half-century, Boeing mechanics in a sprawling factory north of Seattle have riveted together aluminum panels into the familiar hump-backed form of the 747 jumbo jet. Test pilots then put each ...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The biggest plane Boeing Co. has ever built takes off on its first flight. The 747-8 freighter lifted off from Paine Field in Everett on Monday — one day short of the 41st ...

However, Boeing does not plan to start its own passenger-to-freighter modifications on the aircraft until 2005 After going head-to-head with Boeing on cargo conversion programmes for the 737 Classic ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Boeing 747 is one of the most recognizable aircraft. One reason for that — besides its popularity — is its distinctive hump on the roof. The hump was an innovative ...