More than five decades after the first 747 took flight, the last “Queen of the Skies” has come off the Everett assembly line. To mark the moment, we spoke with workers who built the iconic airplane ...

A flight engineer (FE) is a member of the flight crew who is responsible for monitoring and operating the aircraft's complex systems. Their role is to monitor and manage the aircraft's engines and ...

The Boeing 747 has ended production, but its legacy as a highly capable and beloved aircraft continues, with ongoing engineering support and the expectation to fly for decades. Pilots, including test ...

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, ...

The sun has set on the jumbo-jet era. Boeing has delivered its final 747, closing a chapter on an aircraft that revolutionised travel, linked distant cities, made the world seem smaller and became a ...

People said it would never fly. Too expensive, too ambitious, too big. People said it would never fly. Too expensive, too ambitious, too big. Boeing proved them all wrong. The 747 not only flew – ...