“The 747—even at that large of a mass—is very ... the feeling that you’re taxiing around in a three-story apartment building, or just the stall characteristics. It’s just such amazing ...

One version of the plane that never made it off the drawing boards was the 747 Trijet. In the 1960s and 1970s, the company toyed with building a three-engine commercial plane. This would have seen ...

The world's largest building by volume was planned to be constructed in Everett, Washington. In 1966, Pan Am ordered 25 Boeing 747-100s at a price amounting to $525 million. It was an excellent ...

The resulting 747 design doubled the passenger capability ... Their conversation was reportedly simple and to the point. Trippe: If you’ll build it, I’ll buy it. Allen: If you buy it, I ...

The Seattle manufacturer did not have a plant large enough to assemble the 747 so constructed one afresh; it was the largest building by volume ever built. The 747 was imagined in the 1960s to ...

The Boeing 747 jumbo is one of the most famous planes in aviation history. The plane, referred to by many as the "Queen of the Skies," helped revolutionize air travel for the masses when it ...