5 Boeing 747 Special Liveries & The Stories Behind Them
The Boeing 747 is one of the world’s first wide-body Jumbo Jet, and the dynamic canvas of many special liveries.
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Qantas’ ambitions for a supersonic Boeing jet
The trend towards carrying more passengers at slower speeds and lower fares – which Boeing itself sparked with the 747 jumbo ...
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Boeing Confirms Lufthansa as 777-9 Launch Operator
For years, Lufthansa and EK have fought over the Boeing 777-9 launch customer title. Ambiguity developed because of shifting ...
Reprotected on a wet-leased a/c due to an AOG? Simon Calder’s ultimate guide to aviation jargon
A/C: aircraft Ad-hoc charter: hiring an A/C to cover a gap in a fleet – for example, caused by problems with Rolls-Royce ...
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Marines say ice and snow not factor in 747 jet running off Cherry Point runway
It happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday, according to Cherry Point. The National Airlines 747 was carrying cargo when it ran off the end of runway 5R and stopped about 100 feet into the grass ...
Jet stream helping planes slingshot across Atlantic Ocean at 800 mph
When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...
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Qantas takes off with new ‘paradise express’ route
Qantas won a tender process in October to take over the route until at least ... Loading The inaugural Brisbane-Palau service took off in December. The six-hour route is flown weekly by Boeing ...
The intriguing phenomenon helping planes slingshot across the Atlantic at 800 mph
The jet stream is like a river of west-to-east winds in the upper atmosphere. Airplanes use it like a highway.