I toured the Boeing 747 Experience at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. The jet was the first Boeing 747-400 produced and ...

The initial 747-100 variant attracted over 200 orders, while the improved ... but what else led to Boeing's decision? The Boeing 747 was powered by four engines, a necessity given the sheer ...

A decade earlier Boeing’s 707 had ushered in the Jet Age, but with four fuel-thirsty engines and room for fewer than 200 passengers, fares were beyond the budget of most vacationers. The 747 ...