Today, with hindsight being 20/20, we know how the Boeing 747 revolutionized air travel. But that was anything but a sure thing back when it was still on the drawing board in the mid-1960s.

Few commercial aircraft have matched the legacy of the Boeing 747. Launched in 1970, the original 747-100 introduced a new scale of widebody travel, followed by successive improvements with 747 ...

The Boeing 747, known as the "Jumbo Jet," is a true icon in the world of aviation. This groundbreaking aircraft revolutionized air travel when it first took to the skies in the late 1960s and has ...