Is A Boeing 777X Bigger Than A Boeing 747?

The Boeing 777X will be powered by a pair of GE9X engines that are rated at 110,000 pounds of thrust each. The large Boeing ...

World's largest plane made out of two Boeing 747s

The length of a Premier League football pitch? 105 meters. The length of Trafalgar Square in London? 140 metres. The Stratolaunch Roc – the world’s largest operating plane – is much longer, at 117 ...

Big Planes Are Back, But They’re Not Your Father’s Widebody Jets

A new generation of widebody jets like the Boeing 787 and 777, as well as the Airbus A330 and A350, is fast replacing aging ...
Jalopnik

Why Boeing Built The 747SP: The Short 747 With Long-Range Power

The Boeing 747 ushered in the age of the jumbo jet when it first took flight in 1969, but at least one variant actually had to be cut down to size for continued success. The Boeing 747SP — for Special ...
Greek Reporter

93 Seconds Over Athens: How an Olympic Airways Plane Survived the Unthinkable

It was August 9, 1978 when an Olympic Airways plane almost crashed into central Athens with the pilot managing to avoid the ...