I toured the Boeing 747 Experience at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. The jet was the first Boeing 747-400 produced and ...

Boeing announced the 747-8 program in 2005 - initially dubbed the 747 Advanced - at a time when quadjet operations were still popular. Airbus had completed the first flight of its giant quadjet ...

However, that excitement got Boeing to thinking: its 747 might not be ideal for commercial ... Engineers decided to turn the front of the plane into a giant door. The nose would open up, making ...

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett, Washington, 50 years ago, onlookers were stunned. The aircraft before them, gleaming in the morning sunshine, was more than double the ...