While the A380 is bigger, it has a slightly lower cruising speed than the 747. The Boeing 707 and DC-8 were capable of flying at impressive speeds and outpaced older quadjets. The Boeing 747 is ...

Some 55 years after the first commercial flight of the Boeing 747, four airlines still fly passenger versions, including ...

For decades, the Boeing 747 was the Queen of the Skies. But the glamorous double-decker jumbo jet that revolutionized air ...