Nor does it affect the 747-400 passenger jets currently flying. Flutter is unpredictable and can become an issue in any physical structure when relatively minor changes are introduced into a design.

September 10, 2006 The Boeing 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter took to the skies for the first time yesterday, ... Boeing 747 swing-tail LCF first flight. View 12 Images 1 / 12.

As the last Boeing 747 leaves the ... CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 16: A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 aircraft partially ... the 747-8 Intercontinetal's tail is as tall as an average 6 story ...

The pregnant-looking Large Cargo Freighter is a modified 747-400 that will serve as the primary means of transporting major assemblies to the 787 Dreamliner final assembly site in Everett, Washington.

The final Boeing 747 lands at Paine Field following a test flight, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Everett, Wash. Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, when it delivers the jumbo ...

That is to say that the Dreamlifter was born to serve the worldwide manufacturing network of the 787 Dreamliner. Switching ...

Air Force One can't exactly hold a candle to the speed of some of the commercial airplanes deployed today, but that doesn't make it slow.

An updated model — the 747-400 series — arrived in the late 1980s and had much better timing, coinciding with the Asian economic boom of the early 1990s, Aboulafia said.

The final Boeing 747 lands at Paine Field following a test flight, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Everett, Wash. Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, when it delivers the jumbo ...