The same "376" appears on Lego's new model of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. (It is not yet clear if the number is a decal, such that builders can pick how they want to configure the SCA's markings.) ...

In 1989, the company unveiled a major upgrade, the 747-400, which became the plane’s best-selling model. ... The last Boeing 747 aircraft produced during a test flight this month.

Lego has released another NASA-themed set; this time, a version of the US space agency's Boeing 747-based Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with a Space Shuttle perched on top. It is effectively two sets in ...

EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The last Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747 left the company's widebody factory in advance of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. "For more than half a century ...

The U.S. Air Force collaborated with Boeing to convert its 747 into an aircraft carrier, ... (designated as Model 985-121) that, in and of themselves, hadn't even been developed yet.

Nothing lasts forever, and neither has the 747. Improvements in engine technology have enabled twin-engine aircraft to go farther and farther, rivaling the range of the four-engine 747.

For the Boeing 747, under ideal conditions, the aircraft must reach a speed of 184 mph to take off. Cruising speed is the speed the aircraft can reach and sustain for extended periods.

But the aircraft in question — a Boeing 747-8 jet once owned by Qatar’s royal family — is the same base model as the two VC-25Bs currently under slow and costly modifications by Boeing.

"The Defense Department is getting a gift, free of charge, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40-year-old Air Force One, temporarily, ... which is a 747 earlier model, [747-200].

In simple terms, the Airbus A380 typically achieves better fuel efficiency per seat mile than most variants of the Boeing 747, particularly the earlier 747-400. This is mainly due to the A380's newer ...