On this day in 1970, the Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service in on a Pan Am flight from New York to London. Trump Slaps Colombia With 25% Tariffs, Sanctions in ...

it can safely take off. This Dreamlifter is one of four 747 planes Boeing has retrofitted to carry airplane parts between its suppliers and assembly sites around the world. The jet is 70 feet high ...

For the Boeing 747, under ideal conditions, the aircraft must reach a speed of 184 mph to take off. Cruising speed is ... speed for a commercial passenger jet. For comparison, the average cruising ...

HAVELOCK, N.C. (WITN) - The Marine Corps says neither snow or ice were factors when a cargo jumbo jet ran off ... The National Airlines 747 was carrying cargo when it ran off the end of runway ...

Boeing's latest 747 jumbo jet looks like a spiffy new jetliner. But inside it's still a work in progress. WSJ's Daniel Michaels gets a sneak peek at the Paris Air Show. Image courtesy of Getty Images.

The jet stream is like a river of west-to-east winds in the upper atmosphere. Airplanes use it like a highway.

just completed its final developmental test with its Boeing 747-400 jet turned satellite launcher and a fully-fueled "captive carry" rocket strapped to its wing. Taking place two years after ...

The airplane is a commercial 747-400 jet called "Cosmic Girl," and the orbital-class rocket is named "LauncherOne." Virgin Orbit aims to use the retrofitted jet to tow LauncherOne as high above ...