On a late September night, three huge sections of the last 747 ever built were brought together to complete the airframe, a key step in the assembly process called “final body join.” In a carefully ...
The slowed manufacturing rate for Boeing’s fading 747 jumbo jet has prompted a major supplier to cut its losses and exit the program. Boeing said Thursday it has agreed to take over the work of ...
Work on the first 747-400 in Boeing's Special Freighter conversion program for passenger transport has begun at Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Co. (Taeco) in Xiamen, China (see photo). The jet is being ...