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 – ...

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental successfully made its flight test today (yesterday in the US), taking off from Paine Field in Everett, in front of several thousand employees, customers, suppliers ...

Born in a factory so large that clouds once formed within it, the 747-100 was nearly twice as long as the Wright brothers’ entire first flight. Aviation historian Martin Bowman has written that during ...