At 63 feet and 6 inches, the 747-8 Intercontinetal's tail is as tall as an average 6 story city apartment building. · Boeing had to build a special plant to manufacture the 231-foot long plane ...

574th — and last — Boeing 747 had its ceremonial send-off and took to the skies. This ultimate example of the famous airliner has a depiction on its tail of Atlas holding the world atop his ...

President Trump's controversial decision to accept a luxury jetliner from Qatar and turn it into Air Force One is the latest ...

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett ... primarily through the sculpting of the nose and tail? Sutter understood this perfectly. The 747’s most distinctive feature ...

It’s still jaw-dropping,” Waldron said. The last 747 built — tail number N863GT — rolled out of The Boeing Co.’s assembly factory at Paine Field in December. On Tuesday, thousands of ...

The Boeing 747 model includes a fuselage, deployable 18-wheel landing gear, and a dedicated orbiter mounting system. The attached Enterprise orbiter features a tail cone, retractable landing gear ...

The Boeing 747 was nicknamed Ed Force One and flew with ... each etched with an image of the plane, its name and the tail number. The tags measure about 1.5 by 3.5 inches, and in addition to ...

Despite the Boeing 747 being discontinued ... and an Eastern Airlines flight with the same flight and tail number as the president's plane. Designating the plane with the president as Air Force ...