The last 747 off of Boeing's assembly line will be delivered to Atlas Air for use as a freighter. Boeing "I'm going to miss it," said Andy. "I already miss it." ...

It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said.

It's a bit more than can fit in your typical gas canister. Depending on the model, the average 747 can carry from 48,000 to 63,000 gallons, which, if you're keeping track, is about 183,000 to ...

The Boeing 747, known as the "Queen of the Skies," revolutionized air travel since its first flight in 1969. It's now mostly a cargo plane, and the last 747 just rolled off Boeing's production lines.

Boeing delivers last 747 as fans celebrate plane that changed air travel February 1, 2023 4 min Boeing's final 747 during a delivery event at its plant in Everett, Wash. (David Ryder/Reuters) ...

Boeing bid farewell to the iconic 747, delivering the final plane to Atlas Air on Tuesday afternoon and marking an end of an era when the first-ever "jumbo jet" ruled the skies.

Boeing built its last-ever 747 in December. It's the end of an aviation era that began with Pan Am's first commercial flight of the jumbo jet in 1970.

Boeing was producing roughly one 747 every two months when it announced that the jet would be discontinued back in 2020. In 2022, the 747's final full year of production, only five were produced.

Boeing's 747, the original and arguably most aesthetic "Jumbo Jet", revolutionized air travel only to see its more than five-decade reign as "Queen of the Skies" ended by more efficient twinjet ...

Thirty years ago, a Boeing 747 freighter rolled into a steep dive without the pilots noticing. The aircraft would lose 10,000 feet of altitude and reach speeds of at least 0.98 Mach, flirting with ...

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. Boeing ...