We speak of a jet’s weight in shorthand—340 today for take off to San Francisco ... the latest smartphones come into the cockpit of the 747, they are often so shocked by its relative antiquity ...

He climbed down from the cockpit for a portrait with the 747‑8. All Nippon Airways ... “Forget the TV dinners where you take the foil off the top. With soup, you had to have the person on ...

It could take off with a payload of up to 970,000lbs. As planned by Boeing, the 747 was long popular with ... was one of the innovations in the cockpit that made the plane feel like a second ...

An urgent tap on my shoulder from a member of the cabin crew: ‘Sir, we need you in the cockpit ... The computer lets you take off and land anywhere in the world. Fly over Vegas at night ...