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Double-decker passenger planes are a dying breed. These airlines are keeping them alive
Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.
I visited a rare Boeing 747 that Delta saved from the scrapyard. See inside the time capsule of flying's golden age.
I toured the Boeing 747 Experience at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. The jet was the first Boeing 747-400 produced and ...
What Makes Air Force One Different From Commercial Boeing 747 Aircraft?
It might be surprising to know that the Air Force's VC-25A "Air Force One" (AFO) and the Boeing 747-200B jumbo jet (the base ...
The World's Shortest Boeing 747 Routes
The world's shortest 747 route measures just 579 NM, but the longest route is more than 10 times that, or 6,198 NM, to be ...
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Traveling the World Was Never the Same Once the Boeing 747 Debuted
When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett, Washington, 50 years ago, onlookers were stunned. The aircraft before them, gleaming in the morning sunshine, was more than double the ...
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Double-decker passenger planes are a dying breed. These airlines are keeping them alive
It becomes nearly impossible if you’re running a tiny fleet of inefficient aircraft,” says Sumers. Finally, there’s one more twist: one could argue that the final Boeing 747 has yet to enter ...
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I visited a rare Boeing 747 that Delta saved from the scrapyard. See inside the time capsule of flying's golden age.
Ship 6301 served as the prototype for the 747-400 and made its first flight on April 29, 1988. Pratt & Whitney then used the aircraft as a test bed for its PW4000 series engines, which would power ...