Vining conducted the first flight of the second 747-8 to roll out of the factory. INFOGRAPHIC: By the Numbers Gottshall came to the 747 Classic models from the operations side before coming to Boeing.

On February 9, 1969, the Boeing 747-100 jumbo jet took to the sky for the very first time. Subscribe ... The A380 hit the market more than 35 years after the 747 made its first flight.

Fifty years ago this month, on Feb. 9, 1969, the Boeing 747 was officially introduced to the world. But as the wide-bodied jumbo jet taxied down the runway for its inaugural flight from Paine Field… ...

United Airlines promised that its last-ever passenger flight on the Boeing 747 would be a memorable one. And was it ever. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America ...

Boeing's then President Malcolm Stamper originally planned the first flight of the Boeing 747 on December 17, 1968, to mark the 65th anniversary of the Wright brother's first flight.

Boeing built its last-ever 747 in December. It's the end of an aviation era that began with Pan Am's first commercial flight of the jumbo jet in 1970.

Boeing Co's <BA.N> 747-8 Intercontinental, the new passenger version of its legendary jumbo jet, began its maiden flight on Sunday, marking a key milestone for the aircraft model more closely ...

When the new Boeing 747-8 Freighter flies from Seattle to the Paris Air Show, it will mark the first time a commercial aircraft has crossed the Atlantic Ocean using biofuel.

Qantas' last Boeing 747 took to the skies above Canberra for a final flight before retirement. (Supplied: David Boughey)Air France-KLM chief executive Ben Smith said it also introduced flying for ...

Qantas's final Boeing 747 departed from Australia for the last time on Wednesday en route to retirement, marking the end of a nearly 50-year chapter with the aircraft that started in 1971.