The upper deck hump of the Boeing 747 is one of commercial aviation’s most recognizable shapes. Even outside aviation circles ...

The Boeing 747-8's massive weight and size present unique challenges for its main landing gear.

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Two Boeing 747 flights were thrown into extreme danger when onboard fires turned manageable emergencies into life-or-death crises. After flames broke out just after departure from Los Angeles, one ...

The original cockpit from the British Airways plane now lives on as a fully operative, fixed-base B747-400 flight simulator, inviting you to test its allure in an exciting, immersiveexperience. And on ...

It remains the most fatal single-aircraft crash in aviation history, with 520 people dying in the disaster - these are the moments right before tragedy struck.

Construction on the California Science Center's new Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, home to the Endeavour shuttle, is ...

The biggest problem with replacing the Boeing 747 is simple: no single aircraft can do everything the 747 did.

When the engine of a Qantas A380 exploded shortly after take-off from Singapore in 2010, the world expected catastrophe – but ...

A Southwest Airlines captain was incapacitated by a falling screen in his aircraft’s cockpit just as the plane was about to ...

Two Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s had to take evasive maneuvers on Saturday at Nashville International Airport after ...

GE Aerospace in Cincinnati is using a 747 aircraft as a flying laboratory to test jet engines under extreme conditions, pushing new designs to their limits to ensure safety and performance. “We are ...