Few aircraft have captured the imagination of travelers and aviation fans like the Boeing 747. Dubbed the “Queen of the Skies,” the 747 transformed long-haul travel when it entered service in 1970, ...
"More than half a century ago the Boeing 747 took to the air for the first time; it is considered the first large-capacity civilian airliner. Lovingly nicknamed the "Jumbo Jet," the aircraft quickly ...
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, ...