Diving deeper into how these two jets compare in size, and what drove Boeing to develop a larger derivative of the 747 ...

Mexico City, Mexico - October 20, 2019: Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 landing at Mexico City Intl. Airport after a long fligth from Frankfurt. January 22, 2025, marks the 55 th anniversary of the first ...

The Boeing 747-400 was the definitive, best-selling variant of Boeing's iconic double-decker, jumbo jet. On the other hand, ...

Boeing’s 747 is big, but not so big that the forward fuselage can’t be part of a museum exhibit Bob van der Linden F. Robert van der Linden is a curator who specializes in commercial aviation.

As catnip for a high-end mendicant like Donald Trump, the Boeing 747-8 is unbeatable. It’s an exquisite machine, a perfect consummation of form and function and last in a line of one of the greatest ...

The Boeing 747 has graced our skies for almost six decades since the original prototype, the 747-100 named "The City of Everett," completed its maiden flight in 1969. Since then, "The Queen of the ...

The president may be thirsting for a new four-engine jumbo jet, but many governments and royal families are unloading their fuel-guzzling palaces in the sky. The royal family of Qatar, owner of one of ...

President Donald Trump said Sunday night that the Defense Department plans to accept a Boeing 747-8 jet to replace Air Force One as a “GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE.” CNN reported earlier Sunday that the Trump ...

The United States has officially accepted a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner as a gift from the Qatari government, and the Air Force has been tasked with upgrading it to be used as a new plane for ...

The Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president. By Eric Lipton and Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington The United ...