Bigger than anything before it, the Boeing 747-8 was the final jumbo jet. This documentary shows how it came together.

Discover the history of the Queen of the Skies and how it transformed the aviation industry.

Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce weren't part of the 747-8 program, despite a long history with the 'Queen of the Skies'.

At 01:52 EST on January 22, 1970 an aviation legend made its first paying passenger flight. The Boeing 747 Pan Am flight from JFK to London Heathrow was the first commercial flight to feature a plane ...

Why the Boeing 747-8 is the only choice for the next generation of presidential travel.

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Boeing 747SR, also known as the “Jumbo”, gradually transitioned to the Airbus.

Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...

Boeing recorded 481 commercial airplane deliveries in 2009, matching the company guidance of 480-485 airplanes. The US company says its commercial airplanes backlog remains strong at 3,375 airplanes.

Military systems provider Sierra Nevada has begun modifying a Boeing 747-8 to serve as one of the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) new nuclear command and control aircraft. Known for now as the Survivable ...