T he Boeing 747 program has given us icons of the skies like the earlier 747-100 and 747-200 models, as well as the ...

Curt Gottshall, current engineering chief pilot for Boeing’s 747-8 program ... Vining conducted the first flight of the second 747-8 to roll out of the factory. INFOGRAPHIC: By the Numbers ...

DALLAS — Today at 11:34 PST, in 1969, the prototype Boeing 747 took to the skies from Seattle, Washington, for the first time ...

At the time, Boeing estimated the development cost of the 747 program to be around $700 million. The estimate included the development of a brand-new factory that could accommodate the double ...