The second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, RC021, successfully made its first flight today. The airplane completes the two-airplane test fleet for the 747-8 Intercontinental. "This is another great ...

Boeing has successfully completed high-speed taxi tests on the first 747-8 Intercontinental today. This is the last in a series of functional tests planned in preparation for first flight. "The pilots ...

The length of a Premier League football pitch? 105 meters. The length of Trafalgar Square in London? 140 metres. The Stratolaunch Roc – the world’s largest operating plane – is much longer, at 117 ...

While Boeing pioneered the widebody with the 747, it didn’t operate in a vacuum. Douglas (later McDonnell Douglas) and ...