Boeing didn't build the plane for commercial cargo use, rather the use of one primary customer: itself. The idea for the Dreamlifter, an enhanced version of the existing Boeing 747-400 Freighter ...

Building an airliner is not a simple matter, with each aircraft consisting of countless parts. This complexity means that it's nearly impossible to build these machines at just one location, with ...

A huge, new plane has appeared in the skies above Seattle. It's a specially modified 747 cargo jet called the Dreamlifter that's big enough to haul large sections of Boeing's new 787 airliner ...

Not too bad for the world’s longest—and ugliest plane. The Dreamlifter is Boeing’s largest bulky cargo freighter, and is used exclusively for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner supply chain ...

No one seems to be quite sure why it happened, but last night a Boeing 747 Dreamlifter cargo plane bound for McConnell Air Force Base landed at a different, much smaller airport roughly 11 miles away.

Boeing says its Dreamlifter, a modified 747-400 passenger airplane designed to carry parts of the 787 Dreamliner, has 65,000 cubic feet of cargo space. The plane that ...

The Dreamlifter is Boeing’s largest bulky cargo freighter ... The Dreamlifter is a modified 747-400 freight plane, itself a cargo plane with a nose-loading capability. Like its predecessor ...

The Boeing Dreamlifter, the world's longest cargo aircraft, was being operated by the U.S. cargo airline, Atlas Air (5Y), when it took off from Taranto-Grottaglie Airport (TAR) in Italy on Tuesday ...

A Boeing Dreamlifter cargo plane landed at the wrong airport in Wichita, Kansas Wednesday night. Now the question is, how will it take off? CBS affiliate KWCH-TV in Wichita reports the converted ...

The fourth and final Dreamlifter has joined the Boeing Co.’s fleet to support production of the new 787 aircraft. Boeing uses a fleet of modified 747-400 cargo jets to transport sections of its ...