By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday got a look at his upgraded Boeing 747, a plane ...
The new aircraft is a 747-8i jumbo jet that was modified as a VVIP business liner for the Qatari royal family.
"More than half a century ago the Boeing 747 took to the air for the first time; it is considered the first large-capacity civilian airliner. Lovingly nicknamed the "Jumbo Jet," the aircraft quickly ...
The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition.
SEATTLE/PARIS (Reuters) -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 ...
Meanwhile, McDonnell Aircraft lacked significant civilian business and struggled when military business was slow. As such, ...
A $400 million Boeing 747-8 donated by Qatar has undergone military modifications and will begin commissioning flights before ...