The latest variant, the 747-8, has a cockpit modeled after Boeing’s ultra-modern 787 Dreamliner. Gone are the old CRT screens, as sleek Liquid Crystal Displays replaced them.

History’s most famous aircraft is disappearing from the skies. The Boeing 747 not only democratised air travel but romanticised it, too. It introduced the joy of flight to thousands who could ...

the last Boeing 747 rolled out of a Washington state factory on Tuesday. The 747 jumbo jet has taken on numerous roles--a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 ...