The $300,000,000 Qatari Boeing 747 could replace aging Air Force One as soon as this summer
The $300,000,000 Qatari Boeing 747 could replace aging Air Force One as soon as this summer

The Boeing 747 gifted by the Royal Family of Qatar to the US may replace Air Force One as early as this summer. It’s the $300,000,000 aviation gift that has made headlines across the world. There’s been a lot of speculation about when this Boeing 747 would be taking the place of Air Force One, […]

The important reason why America's 'Doomsday Plane' still uses 1980s technology
The important reason why America's 'Doomsday Plane' still uses 1980s technology

America’s Doomsday plane was built to survive in national emergencies, such as nuclear attacks, but it turns out that inside the cabin, the technology is four decades old. The Boeing jet has high-tech elements as you’d expect, and can even allow the President to give orders securely in the air. Unexpectedly, though, driving the plane […]

Saudi soccer player gives tour of his team’s $232,000,000 Boeing private jet once owned by royalty
Saudi soccer player gives tour of his team’s $232,000,000 Boeing private jet once owned by royalty

This Boeing 747 is one of the most luxurious in the world

Why Christopher Nolan ditched CGI and pulled a real 'impulse buy' on a retired jumbo jet
Why Christopher Nolan ditched CGI and pulled a real 'impulse buy' on a retired jumbo jet

Known for creating huge stunts instead of using modern CGI, famed movie director Christopher Nolan once pulled a real ‘impulse buy’ on a retired jumbo jet and blew it to smithereens in his hit movie Tenet. A movies go, Nolan’s portfolio is among the best of the best. Oppenheimer, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Batman’s Dark Knight trilogy, […]

Boeing 747 worth $270,000,000 broken down and reassembled in painstaking process that's captured on film for first ever time
Boeing 747 worth $270,000,000 broken down and reassembled in painstaking process that's captured on film for first ever time

The Boeing 747 is one of the largest aircraft in the world

Man spends 15 hours on the world's longest Boeing 747 flight and shares what it's like
Man spends 15 hours on the world's longest Boeing 747 flight and shares what it's like

This was going to be a seriously long journey

The aircraft quietly replacing the Boeing 747 as the era of four-engine giants ends
The aircraft quietly replacing the Boeing 747 as the era of four-engine giants ends

The Queen of the Skies has some very big shoes to fill

First Boeing 747-8 BBJ ‘flying mansion’ scrapped in US after just 30 flight hours
First Boeing 747-8 BBJ ‘flying mansion’ scrapped in US after just 30 flight hours

It’s strange, but a palace with wings ended up unwanted

How the powerful jet blast of a Airbus A380 compares to that of a Boeing 747 in striking video
How the powerful jet blast of a Airbus A380 compares to that of a Boeing 747 in striking video

It certainly makes for an impressive sight

The $300,000,000 Boeing 747 from Qatar to the US redefines luxury travel with spiral stairs and salons
The $300,000,000 Boeing 747 from Qatar to the US redefines luxury travel with spiral stairs and salons

The $300,000,000 Boeing 747 from Qatar to the US completely redefines luxury travel. Both Qatar and the US sent the media into meltdown earlier this year. Said reaction came with the announcement of a gifted Boeing 747. And it turns out that the new aircraft redefines luxury travel – with spiral stairs and salons. DISCOVER […]

Boeing pilot shares the hardest part of flight training that no one talks about
Boeing pilot shares the hardest part of flight training that no one talks about

Flying a Boeing airliner takes years of training and theory lessons

A massive Boeing 747 makes a Cessna Citation look like a toy in this wild comparison
A massive Boeing 747 makes a Cessna Citation look like a toy in this wild comparison

While the Cessna Citation might be one of the coolest business jets out there, compared to the jumbo-sized Boeing 747, it looks like a toy you’d get in your stocking this Christmas. Known as the Queen of the Skies, there’s a reason that the Boeing 747 is becoming the new Air Force One and the […]

Boeing 747 battles strong 55mph crosswind to launch into an extremely short takeoff
How the King and Queen of the skies compare in head-on view of Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 taking off
How the King and Queen of the skies compare in head-on view of Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 taking off

A YouTube clip posted by Topfelya captures two aviation heavyweights departing London Gatwick, starting with Virgin Atlantic’s retired Boeing 747 – the onetime Queen of the Skies – taxiing into a clean head-on takeoff shot. Right after, an Emirates Airbus A380 repeats the same move, its full-length double deck and huge 260-foot wingspan filling much […]

Boeing 747 pilot shows off incredible talent to nail landing with more than 45mph crosswind
Boeing 747 pilot shows off incredible talent to nail landing with more than 45mph crosswind

The Boeing 747 was experiencing major crosswinds as it landed at Gatwick