A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport, four decades after the iconic combination departed on its one and only international goodwill tour. The Lego ...

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 ...

It’s a very special year for Boeing – after more than half a century since the first Boeing 747 flight, the last of the 747 aircraft is getting ready to be delivered to Atlas Air this week. This huge ...

In the early 1970s, the U.S. Air Force, one of the largest air forces in the world, tasked Boeing with exploring an idea that sounded like pure science fiction: turning its brand-new 747 jumbo jet ...

The first and final 747 jumbo jet models both started with a handshake deal. Back in the mid-1960s, the leaders of Boeing Co. and PanAm came to an agreement that if the US planemaker pushed ahead with ...

This week Boeing celebrated the end of an era with the delivery of its last 747 jumbo jet. Known as the “Queen of the skies,” the 747 has dominated the airways for over fifty years. The company ...