Plans for the aircraft that will serve as the President's Air Force One are up in the air amid delays, but a new deal will ...

The US Air Force said on Tuesday it was acquiring two Boeing 747-8 jumbo jets for US$400 million to establish a training and sustainment programme for its future presidential airlift fleet. The ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Tuesday it was acquiring two Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab 747-8 jumbo jets for $400 million to establish a training and sustainment program ...

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Justin joins the Simple Flying team from the Chicago area with both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in Engineering. He has worked on a range of both Cessna and Gulfstream projects, including ...

How far would you take your flight simulation hobby? Perhaps some extra screens? Maybe some custom controllers? Or would you go as far as to revive a scrapped Boeing 747 cockpit to satisfy your ...

The U.S. Air Force E-4B Nightwatch is a modified Boeing 747-200, also called the Doomsday airplane. Built in the 1970s, the four E-4Bs were designed to act as a flying White House in case a nuclear ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1970, the much-upgraded passenger variant of the Boeing 747, the 747-200, took to the skies for the first time. The Boeing 747-100 entered service with Pan American on January 22, ...

Recreation of the flight of the Boeing 747-200, registration F-GCBC, which departed from Paris on December 2, 1985, en route to Santiago with stops in Rio and Buenos Aires. The video details a ...

Rolls-Royce is retiring its Boeing 747-200 "Flying Test Bed" (FTB), registered N787RR, after 20 years of service since 2005. The uniquely modified aircraft, capable of flying with five engines, was ...

Ever slept on a plane? Some people swear by it, but others find it hard to do and would rather just sleep at their hotel. But since 2009 at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport, that hotel could actually be a ...

While the Boeing 747 is still flying and is not yet considered a vintage aircraft, at Vintage Aviation News we make exceptions for a select few airframes that are so iconic and historically ...