DALLAS — Today at 11:34 PST, in 1969, the prototype Boeing 747 took to the skies from Seattle, Washington, for the first time ...

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental successfully began its flight test program Monday taking off from Paine Field in Everett, Washington state, before more than several thousand employees ...

I would have loved to have talked with Sutter, or Jack Waddell, Boeing’s chief test pilot who took the first 747 on its initial flight on February 9, 1969. If you're not already a subscriber ...

A PILOT fainted mid-flight forcing the packed 747 he was flying to turn around while stewards tried to revive the captain. Lufthansa flight LH463 had just departed Miami, Florida, heading for ...

The Boeing 747-8 has a cruising speed of Mach 0.86 ... breaking the sound barrier during a test flight. As reported by Aerotime, the aircraft, registration A6-CJE, had spent about two years ...

Stratolaunch is upgrading its 747 carrier platform to support test ... “Our company’s goal is to get to one flight test a month this calendar year and then next year start to beat that and ...

The contract will help fund specialised modifications to a Boeing 747-400 ... Talon-A flight capabilities “beyond the US western coast to a variety of global locations”. “The test campaign ...