From the early flying boats to modern ultra-long-range twinjets, the mantle of ‘world’s longest scheduled flight’ has been ...

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The only good news in Boeing’s fourth-quarter and annual result was that the B777X programme was back with flight testing and that the first 777-9 would be delivered in 2026. The 737 and 767 ...

He flew in a Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat called the Dixie Clipper. However concerns eventually led the Air Force to have the Douglas Aircraft Company build a plane specifically for the president.

∎ President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943 became the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane while in office. He flew in a Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat called the Dixie Clipper. However concerns ...