For the Boeing 747, under ideal conditions, the aircraft must reach a speed of 184 mph to take off. Cruising speed is the speed the aircraft can reach and sustain for extended periods. As the ...

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 ...

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 ...