With a maximum payload, the 747-400 will have a range of 7,000nm ... increased span by just over 18ft and have fitted 6ft high winglets to reduce wingtip vortex drag which occurs when the high ...

President Donald Trump toured a Boeing airplane to check out new hardware and technology features and highlight the aircraft maker’s delay in delivering updated versions of the Air Force One ...

Air Force One is a modified Boeing 747. Two exist and the president flies on both of the more than 30-year-old planes. Boeing Inc. has the contract to produce updated versions, but delivery has ...

Certification and fit issues with fancy new business class seats are hampering one of Europe's largest airlines and its financial turnaround. German flag carrier Lufthansa confirmed to Business ...

Mexico City, Mexico - October 20, 2019: Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 landing at Mexico City Intl. Airport ... [+] after a long fligth from Frankfurt. January 22, 2025, marks the 55 th anniversary of the ...

It happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday, according to Cherry Point. The National Airlines 747 was carrying cargo when it ran off the end of runway 5R and stopped about 100 feet into the grass ...

and be more fuel-efficient for shorter routes – using different blended winglets as opposed to the classic racked wingtips of the 787. The smaller wingspan would also mean it could fit into ...

History has seen many defining moments unfold on February 9. From technological marvels like the first flight of the Boeing 747 to pop culture milestones like The Beatles’ legendary television debut, ...

With the advent of the new Bimota KB998 Rimini, superbikes could be seeing the dawn of an aerodynamics revolution – with the bike featuring winglets that “are able to automatically maintain ...

Perhaps the most surprising of this list of the ten airlines by number of Boeing 747 orders is that Pan Am does not appear on it. It was Pan Am that had a massive impact on the development of the ...

The Boeing 747 is celebrating its 55th anniversary since its first revenue-generating flight (with Pan Am). It's been five years since Simple Flying looked back on the Jumbo's then-50-year long ...