Convair’s Model 37 was an enormous postwar airliner concept built from the legacy of the XC-99 military transport and aimed at transforming transatlantic passenger travel. With six piston engines, two ...
The last Boeing 747 leaves the company’s Everett factory floor. (Boeing Photo / Paul Weatherman) Nearly 55 years after Boeing started production of its jumbo 747 jet, the last model of the iconic ...
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 ...