The Boeing 747 was once the mainstayof almost every airline's long-haul fleet. It was larger, more economical, and had a ...
Three senior Qantas captains, Ray Heiniger, George Lindeman, and Rob Greenop, completed the flight deck crew, and Boeing training Captain Chet Chester, also aboard. The new 747 flew 17,039 ...
The 747's first flight was largely uneventful ... and a longer upper deck. Boeing made a total of 80 747-300's, with the last unit delivered to a customer in 1990. Three years after the Boeing ...
On February 27th, a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental made a routine approach to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX ...
A decommissioned Boeing 747 jumbo jet fuselage that was once used ... A chunk of the old aircraft’s upper deck, which includes the plane’s cockpit, was loaded onto a transport trailer early ...
In February, Las Vegas entertainment venue AREA15 took delivery of a retired 45-year-old Boeing ... 747's mammoth capacity — which prompted cheaper plane tickets — and some used the upper deck ...
As British Airways announces the retirement of its remaining Boeing 747 fleet from passenger service, we take a look at its ...