Bigger than anything before it, the Boeing 747-8 was the final jumbo jet. This documentary shows how it came together.
The Boeing 747 is quite possibly the most iconic airplane in aviation history. Everyone knows what the 747 is, even if they don’t care about planes. The ‘Queen of the Skies’ might have ended ...
Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce weren't part of the 747-8 program, despite a long history with the 'Queen of the Skies'.
The A350-1000 is similar in some metrics to the Boeing 747-100, while the Boeing 747-8 is significantly larger than the A350.
In simple terms, the Airbus A380 typically achieves better fuel efficiency per seat mile than most variants of the Boeing 747 ...