T he Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 are the world's only double-decker passenger jets. Visually, the Airbus A380 resembles a ...

Boeing's final 747 during a delivery event at its plant in Everett, Wash. (David Ryder/Reuters) By Andrew Jeong. ... Boeing then took more than 900 orders in the 1980s and 90s.

The Boeing 747 once carried the space shuttle and is credited with making air travel more accessible to the general public. Now, after more than five decades, the last brand-new 747 has been built.

Saying farewell to the 747, and remembering how it changed the world 03:07. Even before Boeing's 747 flew its first passengers back in 1970, the world knew this was something special. And from day ...

Boeing will bid farewell to the iconic 747 when it delivers the final plane to Atlas Air on Tuesday afternoon, marking an end of an era when the first-ever "jumbo jet" ruled the skies. Thousands ...

Boeing gave its iconic 747 jumbo jet a grand sendoff today, marking the end of a 55-year era for airplane manufacturing but vowing that the “Queen of the Skies” will continue its reign for ...

End of an era as final Boeing 747 rolls off assembly line. The last 747 won’t carry passengers but will be used as a freight aircraft. By Sam Sweeney. December 7, 2022, 2:14 PM. 5:10.

Back in the 1960s, Boeing engineer Joe Sutter designed the 747, the world’s first twin-aisle airplane, to carry 400 passengers or more on long-haul flights. Production began in 1967, and the ...

Today, with hindsight being 20/20, we know how the Boeing 747 revolutionized air travel. But that was anything but a sure thing back when it was still on the drawing board in the mid-1960s.

Boeing's 747, the original and arguably most aesthetic "Jumbo Jet", revolutionized air travel only to see its more than five-decade reign as "Queen of the Skies" ended by more efficient twinjet ...

Boeing bid farewell to the iconic 747, delivering the final plane to Atlas Air on Tuesday afternoon and marking an end of an era when the first-ever "jumbo jet" ruled the skies.