To be in a 747 meant the chance to see the nerve center of an iconic aircraft up close—a plane that’s the basis for Air Force One, that people love flying in and staring at, and that helped ...

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 ...

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 ...