Command the Queen of the Skies, but brace for towering price tags, endless fuel thirst, and maintenance worthy of a small ...

Trump has directed the Pentagon to modify a luxury 747 donated by the Qatari royal family for use as an interim Air Force One ...

Boeing 787 suffers first fatal crash since 2011 launch. Air India’s Flight 171 crashes in Ahmedabad with 242 aboard. | One of ...

T he Boeing 747-8 is the final and largest variant of the 747 family. It was developed in two versions: the 747-8 ...

While modern commercial aircraft can be hard to tell apart, there's no mistaking the majestic shape of the Boeing 747. Its distinctive ... The only problem with this design was that the cockpit ...

Yet Trump's acceptance of the Boeing 747-8 ... In addition to being longer and a bit taller, the 747-B owned by Qatar also has a wider wing span: 224 feet, 5 inches, compared to Air Force One's ...

A&S: How did that help you design the Boeing 747? Sutter: At the start of a program ... Boeing saw that the combination of a swept-wing and jet engine was the future of aviation.

It took Joe Sutter and his team over two years to create, design, and fine-tune the Boeing 747 ... in early swept-wing jets. Further tests revealed issues with the 747's four JT9D engines ...

Because it's basically one big wing, the plane's design creates a more "cavernous ... is set to have two cabin levels — think the Boeing 747 or the Airbus A380 — which would provide more ...

Boeing's big 747-passenger jet made its first flight in 1969, so it was still brand new to the world. After the USAF approached them, Boeing set about working on a design that would convert its ...

The "blended wing body" looks similar to the "flying wing" design used by military aircraft ... have a wingspan slightly greater than a Boeing 747 and could operate from existing airport terminals ...