On February 27th, a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental made a routine approach to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX ...

The 747's test phase was largely successful, except for a minor damage one test aircraft suffered during a landing attempt. In the same year — 1969 — Boeing deemed the 747 worthy enough to be ...

The famous Boeing 747, perhaps the most famous commercial aircraft in all of history, serves another purpose that only the global elite can enjoy: a jumbo private jet. While the 747 was originally ...

The fuselage of the Dreamliner is made up of single-piece sections joined together. The Boeing 747-400 rests on 16 main landing gear tires and two nose landing gear tires. While these are far more ...

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Discover the world's longest airport runways, built to handle extreme conditions, global travel demands, and massive aircraft ...

Changing weather patterns mean burning forests present an ever-bigger threat to communities around the world. What new ...

Most modern aircraft have redundant systems in their landing gear to ensure it will work. For example: The Boeing 747 has four independent hydraulic systems and four main landing gear posts, ensuring ...

Landing would also take place on a runway – instead of an ... The Radian One is built to take five crew members, so it's hardly going to replace the Boeing 747. But Radian Aerospace – which is based ...

A Boeing 747 that was transformed into the largest art car ever at Burning Man is set for its final journey to Las Vegas' Area15. The Bay Area-based Big Imagination camp first brought the 747's ...

A decommissioned Boeing 747 jumbo jet fuselage that was once used at Northern Nevada’s Burning Man festival taxied the streets of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas on Wednesday and successfully ...