For a time, the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 were the world's two double-decker passenger aircraft in production. The last ...

The United States military has a long legacy of using modified civilian planes in military applications. Here are a few you ...

It can attain altitudes of 45,100 feet, speeds of up to 630 mph, and a range of up to 6,800 nautical miles – if no refueling ...

Some of the longest passenger planes in the world are real giants. Right now, the longest plane is the Boeing 747-8 at 250 ft ...

In this video we take our time to soak up the Queen of the Skies vibes on a Lufthansa 747-400 flight from Seattle to ...

T he Boeing 747 program has given us icons of the skies like the earlier 747-100 and 747-200 models, as well as the ...

It happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday, according to Cherry Point. The National Airlines 747 was carrying cargo when it ran off the end of runway 5R and stopped about 100 feet into the grass ...

Since January 7, wildfires have been burning their way through Los Angeles. The aftermath is devastating, with over 16,000 homes destroyed, drinking water contaminated, and more than two dozen ...

With just $400, he looked for work while staying with friends he had met in Toronto. He now lives with his wife Lydia, 30 minutes outside central Tokyo, where he works as an actor. He said that he ...

Northwest ordered the original 100 variant, going on to order the 200B, 200F, and 400. A number of 747-400s passed onto Delta following the merger; however, all of these have since been retired. Delta ...

I was wandering the radio dial soon after US President Donald Trump’s election victory, while he was in the midst of selecting his dream team of misfits and miscreants to lead his administration to ...

Shockingly, there are more than 400 examples of the 60-year-old 747 design still flying. Compare that to the much newer Airbus A380 superjumbo, of which just 251 were ever built. The first ...