Through the heat haze, airplane tails rose from the desert. As I steered off the interstate toward Pinal Airpark, in Marana, Arizona, I got my first view of a corpse in full: a stark-white Boeing 747, ...

As the last remaining commercial 747 aircraft near retirement, it still represents one of the most iconic eras in American ...

The Boeing 747 entered service with Pan American Airlines in January 1970 and became the workhorse of the world’s long-haul, high-capacity fleet. To-date, Boeing ...

With British Airways no longer having any of its Boeing 747 fleet in passenger service, we take a look at its history from the first arrival in 1971.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing's 747 jumbo jet, an aircraft that democratized global air travel in the 1970s but fell behind modern twin-engine passenger jets, has bounced back from near death to mark its ...

United Airlines has retired its iconic Boeing 747 fleet, celebrating its final passenger flight with a commemorative trip from San Francisco to Honolulu, mirroring its inaugural 1970 route. The 747 is ...

In the early 1970s, the U.S. Air Force, one of the largest air forces in the world, tasked Boeing with exploring an idea that sounded like pure science fiction: turning its brand-new 747 jumbo jet ...