Since the rigid airships hadn't panned out, they turned to something more modern. Boeing's big 747-passenger jet made its first flight in 1969, so it was still brand new to the world. After the ...

Pan Am was the launch customer and operator for the Boeing 747, operating over 65 examples of the aircraft. Several ex-Pan Am Boeing 747s have been preserved in museums and aviation sites ...

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.

The Boeing 747, the US plane that revolutionised air travel, has been given a regal send-off in the skies over Washington State. Atlas Air, an American cargo airline, took delivery of the last 747 ...

Aviation's love affair with the Boeing 747 has been going strong for over 50 years with the affectionately-nicknamed Queen of the Skies turning heads since its first flight in 1969. Still Boeing's ...

Emtrasur CEO César Pérez said in an interview that the Iranian crew members of the company's Boeing 747-300 seized at the Ezeiza International Airport were flight instructors and that the ...

Australian airline Qantas has bid farewell to its last Boeing 747 aeroplane with one final flourish - drawing its logo, the flying kangaroo, in the sky. Dozens gathered at Sydney Airport on ...

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