The Boeing 747 program has given us icons of the skies like the earlier 747-100 and 747-200 models, as well as the best-selling 747-400. Having first announced plans to develop a new member of the ...

The Boeing 747, an icon that harkens back to another time of flying (think the Pan Am glory days), is set to fade away. Cathay Pacific flew their last 747 flight back in October, and United and ...

The Boeing 747, which ruled the skies for over 40 years, seems like it's living out its last days. Boeing has cut production to only one 747 every two months, as demand moves toward twin-engine ...

English heavy metal band Iron Maiden once sang, “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter,” but when it comes to dismantling the band’s Boeing 747-400 tour plane, it’s a little more complicated.

The airline received its first Boeing 747s in 1970 ... the chance to take one more flight on the vanishing icons. How to earn ...

Sadly, that never panned out. However, that excitement got Boeing to thinking: its 747 might not be ideal for commercial flight if supersonic planes ruled the skies. So, instead of designing the ...

Trump has groused for days about the wait for the next generation of Boeing 747 jets that are supposed to serve as the primary presidential air transport, officially known as the VC-25B but flying ...