In the early 1970s, the U.S. Air Force, one of the largest air forces in the world, tasked Boeing with exploring an idea that sounded like pure science fiction: turning its brand-new 747 jumbo jet ...

The Boeing 747 and Boeing 777, are icons of 20th and 21st-century commercial aviation. While the question of whether theBoeing 777X or the Boeing 747-8is longer might sound like a straightforward ...

Boeing's very first jetliner, the 707, began commercial flights in 1958. A scant 10 years later, the demand for air travel was so great that Boeing unveiled its new 747 to the world, which held more ...

A floppy disk did what thumb drives do, back when we talked about megabytes instead of terabytes. It might seem crazy that the 400 remaining Boeing 747s used by airlines and shipping companies around ...

Hundreds of aviation enthusiasts waited in long lines at EAA AirVenture to tour a historic Pratt & Whitney 747SP. The 747, nicknamed the "Queen of the Skies," revolutionized air travel with its large ...