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You Can Still Fly on Boeing 747s: How To Do It With Points

The Boeing 747, with its upper deck and graceful lines, holds a special charm for aviation lovers. Unfortunately, the airplane that ushered in the age of mass jet travel is also on its way to ...

The 1st Widebody: Why Did Boeing Build The 747?

While Boeing pioneered the widebody with the 747, it didn’t operate in a vacuum. Douglas (later McDonnell Douglas) and ...
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The world's longest Boeing 747 flight is returning to the skies. See where else the iconic jumbo jet still flies.

Airlines have been phasing out the massive jet in favor of more efficient widebodies. Just four global carriers still operate the 747 in 2025. Korean Air won't stop flying the world's longest Boeing ...

How Many Miles Per Gallon Does A Boeing 747-8 Get?

The newest version of the jumbo jet gets through a lot of fuel, but its high capacity means that the consumption is spread ...
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I visited a rare Boeing 747 that Delta saved from the scrapyard. See inside the time capsule of flying's golden age.

A Boeing 747 is one of the most popular exhibits at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. This particular plane was the first Boeing 747-400 ever made and entered service in 1989. The jet flew for Delta ...
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Flying 747s at age 23: how Paola Velasco shattered biases in Bolivia’s airline industry

At the age of nine, Paola Velasco flew with her mother from Bolivia to Lima in Peru, then onward via American Airlines to Miami, Florida. The experience changed the course of Bolivian-born Velasco’s ...