The Boeing 747-400 revolutionized jumbo-jet cockpits, replacing the flight engineer with advanced automation and a two-pilot ...

Boeing 747-400 and the Boeing 757 variants. These aircraft defined commercial aviation in the 1980s and quickly became very popular among airlines all over the world. The Boeing 747 had been around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Boeing 747 is one of the most popular exhibits at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. This particular plane was the first Boeing ...

From analogue gauges to integrated glass panels, the 747 cockpit charts decades of changing pilot workflows and cues.

It was just a short trip across two streets, really. Except it involved one of the biggest passenger airliners in the world. There we were early Saturday morning — perhaps 200 aviation enthusiasts, ...

The Boeing 747 was first introduced to the world in 1969 and immediately became a major success. It turned the Seattle-based company into the world’s premier aircraft manufacturer. Throughout the ...

Later this month, Cathay Pacific's 747 will fly from San Francisco to Hong Kong for the very last time. It's a story we're hearing from nearly every airline still flying the most recognizable ...

After a production run of more than 450 planes, The Boeing Co. has built its final 747-400 passenger jet. The last four planes still on the company's order books have been removed in a hush-hush deal ...

Friday’s news that British Airways will retire all of its remaining 747s came as a heavy blow both to fans of classic airplanes as well as a good number of frequent flyers who had come to love its ...

An Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 on “a military passenger charter flight” for the U.S. Defense Department’s (DoD) landed for the first time at the Polish airport of Poznan. An Atlas Air B747, operating for ...

It was the original jumbo jet and the first wide-body airplane in history to reach the 1,500 delivery milestone, but numbers of the distinctive Boeing 747 are gradually diminishing as more efficient ...