The Boeing 747 once carried the space shuttle ... "It's not just another airplane," Mui told Van Cleave. The 747 was the world's first jumbo jet. Twice as big as any other airliner when it first ...

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.

EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The last Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747 left the company's widebody factory in advance of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. "For more than half a century ...

Boeing gave its iconic 747 jumbo jet a grand sendoff today, marking the end of a 55-year era for airplane manufacturing but vowing that the “Queen of the Skies” will continue its reign for ...

The final 747—a 747-8 model—left the production line for its inaugural flight on February 1 this year. The crew traced a unique pattern in the sky: a queen’s crown underlaid by the numbers ...

we spoke with workers who built the iconic airplane and witnessed the last 747’s construction. Darrell Marmion, 59, retired in November as a top engineer after 36 years at Boeing, his hand ...

Boeing 747-8 Freighter: The last Boeing 747 left the company's widebody factory in Washington on December 6, 2022, ahead of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. Paul Weatherman/Boeing ...

The 747 is composed of about six million parts produced all over the world. But the final, awe-inspiring work of assembling them into an airplane was completed at a factory in Everett, Wash.

FILE - A Boeing 747 takes off from Seattle in January 1970. Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, when it delivers the jumbo jet to cargo carrier Atlas Air.

On Jan. 31, 2023, Boeing completed its last 747, the airplane that helped make international air travel affordable.

More than half a century since the original jumbo jet “shrank the world” to transform commercial aviation, the last ever Boeing 747 is being delivered, marking the start of the final chapter ...