Boeing announced the 747-8 program in 2005 - initially dubbed the ... although most of them are the freighter version - the largest operators of the type are below: The number of passenger 747s ...

Factors that come into play on a high flare are commonly due to a broader than normal runway and can be that the pilot has un ...

Boeing introduced the 747-8 in 2011, with the cargo version of the plane debuting before the passenger variant, the 747-8i, entering service the following year. The 747-8 offered many major ...

With deliveries of the jumbo jet having only ceased in recent years, the type looks set to continue flying for several ...

The second Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 522, completed its first flight yesterday evening, the company announced today.

“The Boeing 747 cargo aircraft arrived in the Southern District of Florida where it will be prepared for disposition,” the US government said in a statement The Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747 ...

A Boeing 747-8 freighter is guided to its parking stall at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. UPS has begun operating five cargo flights per week from Paris to Hong Kong. (Photo: UPS) UPS has ...

Every Boeing 747-8 Freighter contains at least 130 miles of wiring. There are wires overhead, under the floor, through the walls, around the cockpit, and down into the wheel wells. Depending on the ...

Boeing was first tapped in 2015 to deliver two new presidential aircraft, known as the VC-25B — an upgraded, militarized version of the 747-8. In his first term, Trump renegotiated the contract ...