Boeing has released several variations ... One version of the plane that never made it off the drawing boards was the 747 Trijet. In the 1960s and 1970s, the company toyed with building a three ...

Some 55 years after the first commercial flight of the Boeing 747, four airlines still fly passenger versions, including ...

50,000 people 4.5 million parts from every state and 17 countries 75,000 engineering drawings Boeing began to work on improved versions of the 747. In 1971, the manufacturer introduced the -200 ...

The Boeing 747, the US plane that revolutionised air ... The crew flew a special flight path, drawing a huge crown in the sky with the numbers seven, four and seven. It comes days after workers ...

The Boeing 747 has become one of the most iconic airplanes ever built since it was introduced in 1970. The double-decker aircraft pioneered the use of the term "jumbo jet." But the "Queen of the ...