Boeing 747 aircraft are still being sought after as passenger and freighter aircraft, as well as backups for Air Force One, by countries from the United States to Russia.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 747 takes off on its maiden voyage. A 747 takes off on its maiden voyage. On Sept. 30, 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled out of ...

The Boeing 747 will go down as one of the most iconic aircraft in history. Many travelers look back fondly on the experience of flying onboard 'The Queen of the Skies', while the aircraft was also a ...

For a half-century, Boeing Co. mechanics in a sprawling factory north of Seattle have riveted together aluminum panels into the familiar hump-backed form of the 747 jumbo jet. Test pilots then put ...

David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images Boeing on Tuesday is delivering the last 747 jet ever made, handing over a freighter version of its iconic aircraft to Atlas Air. Thousands of current and former ...

For the first time in 48 years, you can't buy a ticket on a U.S. airline to fly on a Boeing 747. On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines flight 9771 touched down in Marana, Arizona, an arid boneyard for stored ...

FILE â British Airways pilot Mark Vanhoenacker under a wing of a British Airways Boeing 747 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, July 8, 2015. The iconic plane that revolutionized air ...

On Sept. 30, 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled out of its custom-built assembly plant in Everett, Washington. From the beginning, everything about the plane once known as the "queen of the skies" was ...