Rolls Royce retires its iconic Boeing 747-200 testbed, N787RR, after nearly 20 years of groundbreaking engine trials, ...

How do Boeing ’s two most enduring “Jumbos” stack up when it comes to sheer size? The Boeing 747-200 and the later Boeing 747 ...

SEATTLE -- A Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 delivers a soft puff of white smoke as the jet completes its second-to-last landing ever Thursday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. On Friday, the ...

Northwest's 747-200 passenger fleet peaked in size at 22 aircraft in 1997. During their 32 years of service, Northwest's 747-200 aircraft completed more than 320,000 flights and traveled more than ...

It’s the end of the line for Northwest Airlines’s last Everett-built 747-200. The Minnesota-based carrier retired its final 747-200 from service today, following a flight from Tokyo to Seattle.

a.m. today, marking the end of 747-200 trans-Pacific service. The aircraft, 6624/N624US, which was built in 1979 and joined the Northwest fleet that year, will continue to Minneapolis/St. Paul as ...

Russian carrier Transaero is to replace all of its Boeing 747-200s with 747-400s and convert the older types into freighters to handle cargo operations for the airline. The carrier says that it ...

The 747-200 is the classic version of the ‘Jumbo’ and the one that every pilot wants to fly. Vmax has designed Ready for Pushback as the benchmark simulation of this great aircraft.

The first 747-100 from Boeing was put into service in 1970, and those first planes sold at a list price of $24 million. Adjusting for inflation, that same 747 would sell today for $146.6 million.

Pentagon Picks Boeing 747-8 As New Presidential Aircraft Current 747-200 Planes Due to Reach End of 30-Year Life In 2017 By Doug Cameron Follow Updated Jan. 28, 2015 4:54 pm ET ...

A video clip of the 747-200 Supertanker releasing its load of around 77,700litres (20,500USGal) is shown below. For more Boeing 747 videos, please visit our 747 page Source: Flight International ...

A four-decade-old Boeing 747-200 simulator that was headed for disposal has been refurbished to train the U.S. Air Force’s Doomsday plane pilots as part of an effort to increase the overall ...