I toured the Boeing 747 Experience at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. The jet was the first Boeing 747-400 produced and ...

Engineers decided to turn the front of the plane into a giant ... However, that excitement got Boeing to thinking: its 747 might not be ideal for commercial flight if supersonic planes ruled ...

so Boeing put the flight deck of the 747 above the passenger cabin to give the aircraft a hinged nose for a front-loading cargo door. The first design for the cockpit enclosure was a hemispherical ...

A Boeing 747-400 is a full 71 meters (230 feet ... cleaning, laser engraving the front, engraving the back, cleaning again, attaching the ring and chain, and finally mounting the tag on the ...

By the front gate is a Boeing 757-200 that flew for ... The aircraft, Delta Ship 6301, was the first Boeing 747-400 ever built and entered service with Northwest Airlines in 1989.

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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 ...

A Boeing 747 is one of the most popular exhibits at ... Take a left turn toward the front of the plane and you'll find seats rows of economy class seats. When it was in service, the plane was ...

Airlines are, after all, businesses, and they need to generate revenue while minimizing costs in order to thrive. For this reason, especially for carriers with large fleets, even a small difference in ...