The Boeing 747-8 is currently the world's longest commercial jet in history with a fuselage measuring 250 ft 2 in (76.25 m), eclipsing the Airbus A340, which was 247 feet (75.30 meters) long. The ...

As for the 747, it is one of the rare 747SP models and originally flew for Pan American Airways. The airplane was dedicated as a ‘Clipper’ in Pan Am tradition , but with a famous twist.

A decommissioned 747 fuselage is escorted as it departs from the Las Vegas Speedway on North Las Vegas Boulevard to the Area15 campus, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

Boeing to make 747 fuselage parts in Ga. as supplier pulls out . Originally published September 17, 2015 at 10:58 am Updated September 18, 2015 at 10:00 am ...

We walked around the windows of the flight deck and the distinctive 747 hump. At the open end that would be joined to the center fuselage — just over 21 feet in diameter — I squeezed between ...

The famed Boeing Co. 747 airplane now has a slightly longer lease on life — at least in the cargo transport industry. UPS orders more Boeing 747s — a possible boon for Hawthorne fuselage plant ...

Boeing remains on track for the final body join of the first stretched 747 next month by completing assembly of the forward fuselage of the initial 747-8 Freighter, RC501. The 89 ft., 2 in ...

F. Robert van der Linden is a curator who specializes in commercial aviation. Exhibiting the forward fuselage of a Boeing 747 is a highlight of his long career at the National Air and Space Museum.

Today, with hindsight being 20/20, we know how the Boeing 747 revolutionized air travel. But that was anything but a sure thing back when it was still on the drawing board in the mid-1960s.

Federal safety regulators on Wednesday ordered inspections of Boeing 747 fuselages as a result of the investigation into the China Airlines crash over the Taiwan Strait in May.