The iconic Boeing 747-400 is being phased out by airlines, but some museums aim to preserve its legacy. Ship 6301, the ...

The original Boeing 747 transformed the world of commercial aviation and launched one of the most beloved aircraft ever built ...

Watch us try to takeoff and land a Boeing 747 at The Deck 747 in Eccles - where you can also buy windows from old aeroplanes ...

Again, not letting this hurdle stop him, he went on to start his own executive jet company, flying small aircraft, such as ...

More elegantly, the 747 became known as the Queen of the Skies. It took more than 50,000 Boeing employees less than 16 months to churn out the first 747. The company has completed 1,573 more since ...

First impressions matter. When visitors to the National Air and Space Museum enter the great expanse of the America by Air ...

The Boeing 747, the US plane that revolutionised air travel, has been given a regal send-off in the skies over Washington State. Atlas Air, an American cargo airline, took delivery of the last 747 ...

The first 747, which was fit to carry 347 passengers, flew with Pan Am in 1970 from New York to London. "I can't emphasize how big of a sense of employee pride there is with this airplane," she said.

The Deck 747 on the Barton Aerodrome site in Eccles is home to a large part of a former British Airways craft which has been fitted with the UK's first real 747 simulator. The plane has its ...