Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Boeing 747 is one of the most popular exhibits at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. This particular plane was the first Boeing ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing bid farewell to an icon on Tuesday, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years looked on. Since its first ...

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In the world of exceptionally large widebody jetliners, there are a few odd outliers that beg the question: why was this made? The Boeing 747-400 was the definitive, best-selling variant of Boeing's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 747 takes off on its maiden voyage. A 747 takes off on its maiden voyage. On Sept. 30, 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled out of ...

Through the heat haze, airplane tails rose from the desert. As I steered off the interstate toward Pinal Airpark, in Marana, Arizona, I got my first view of a corpse in full: a stark-white Boeing 747, ...

The story of the Boeing 747 is one of daring ambition, technological breakthrough, and enduring legacy. Although its commercial production has ended and many airlines have retired the type, the 747 ...

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.