Four Rolls Royce engines power the giant 747 aircraft, hanging off wings that span about 211 feet—and in the center of the cockpit are four ivory-colored thrust levers, one for each engine. I’m a ...

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.

COTSWOLDS COCKPIT. You can visit a retired 747 at Cotswold Airport in Kemble, Gloucestershire, where tours of the plane are offered. In the run-up to the festive season two-hour The Flight Before ...