The Boeing 747 first flew for the now-defunct Pan Am and TWA. From day one it was unmistakable due to its size and hump.

The two 747s were not the only aircraft that were asked to divert to Tenerife due to the dramatic events that were unfolding ...

The Boeing 747 will go down as one of the most iconic ... in January 1970 with launch customer Pan Am Airways, the 747 has cemented itself as one of the most beloved commercial aircraft in history.

Pan Am chief Juan Trippe (right, with Boeing head Bill Allen). The 747 set all sorts of records. It went from conception to delivery in a record 28 months (above, rollout in Everett, Washington ...

The luxury of the Golden Age of air travel is still alive and well in the first-class cabins of the world's leading airlines.

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett ... The photograph of the wreckage of Pan Am’s Maid of the Seas lying sideways in the grass at Lockerbie is among the most indelible ...

I went to the Delta Flight Museum at Delta Air Lines headquarters in Atlanta. The Museum is home to exhibits like the first ...

In the early 1960s, engineers from Boeing and Pan Am began working on the preliminary design of the 747. In 1965, the design was finalized, keeping both the passenger and freight capabilities in mind.

A US judge has agreed to delay the trial of a Libyan man accused of building the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over ...