The 747-8i is now approaching its 13th year in commercial service. The German flag carrier Lufthansa introduced the type in ...

The Boeing 747-100 variant of the Jumbo jet first entered ... For example, it helped test the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine for the Boeing 777. In 2013 and 2014, the aircraft was extensively ...

Boeing introduced a more advanced two-engine 777 aircraft ... introduced the final model, the 747-8, which included around 50 passenger configurations and over 100 cargo configurations.

I would have loved to have talked with Sutter, or Jack Waddell, Boeing’s chief test pilot who took the first 747 on its initial ... who flew the Classic -100, -200, and -300, and the -400 ...

Back in those days, the 747-100 was just beginning to usher ... At the same time, newer, more efficient twin-engine, wide-body airliners like the Boeing 767 and the Airbus A300 series continued ...

But newer, more efficient twin-engine airliners have relegated the ... The carrier took delivery of its first Boeing 747-100 in 1970 but soon realized that a smaller widebody like the Lockheed ...

The Boeing 747 was a landmark in the history ... Nothing lasts forever, and neither has the 747. Improvements in engine technology have enabled twin-engine aircraft to go farther and farther ...

On the outbound journey, the original plane developed engine problems shortly before ... Let's begin where it all started with the Boeing 747-100 variant that was the first to make a commercial ...

Making an adjustment with a lift holding the engine ... the early 2010s, Boeing introduced the last model, the 747-8, delivering about 50 passenger versions and more than 100 versions for carrying ...

There are times when you're sitting in a best-in-the-sky Boeing 747 waiting on the tarmac ... the fuel symmetrically funnels down into each engine. If the fuel were all in one spot, that drink ...