The type remains in service with a handful of cargo and passenger airlines.

According to people in the know, Boeing looks like it’s discontinuing its iconic 747 jumbo jet. In just two years time, the last of the twin-aisle jumbos will leave its Seattle-based factory. The news ...

Often considered the Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747 also wears the crown as the fastest passenger aircraft — and her service as Air Force One makes her the most powerful planes in operation. You ...

Long gone but not quite forgotten, Pan American Airways once dominated international airplane travel — a business the pioneering company created and developed out of a hangar at a little airfield its ...

It was heart-wrenching for Anthony Toth to see his life dream slowly being dismantled into hundreds of pieces. The Pan Am enthusiast had spent upwards of $100,000 and more than 20 years of his life ...

Exploring the design of the Boeing 747-400F.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Offering an insider’s view of the business of flight. Portrait of the "Clipper Victor", a Pan American World Airways 747 jet ...