The Boeing 747 is one of the world’s first wide-body Jumbo Jet, and the dynamic canvas of many special liveries.
Only a few of the greatest purchasers of the Boeing 747 were US airlines, and some still have them in service.
If flights are heading eastbound across the Atlantic, they surf the jet stream, usually shaving an hour or more off their journeys. Westbound flights take longer, since planes are working against ...
There is some research to suggest a warming climate will favor more airplane turbulence in the future. Even though the speed of sound at sea level and room temperature is about 767 mph, the jets ...
Planes crossing the Atlantic Ocean can reach speeds of 840 mph as they’re carried by the jet stream. NurPhoto via Getty Images The plane was in the air less than 30 minutes before reaching ...
making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup’s plane notched the historic achievement in its 12th test flight. It cleared Mach 1 and stayed supersonic for ...
There is some research to suggest a warming climate will favor more airplane turbulence in the future. Even though the speed of sound at sea level and room temperature is about 767 mph, the jets ...
In a secret location, an acoustic sensor array deployed on the seabed at a depth of 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) has successfully detected and tracked a fixed-wing aircraft flying at an altitude of ...
Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aircraft landed in Guatemala on Monday afternoon after a flight from Texas. A Guatemalan official told Reuters the military ...
The colder it gets, the faster they fly. Commercial flights bound for Europe have been taking off late from the States but arriving on time or early, thanks to a more powerful jet stream ...
Brisbane-based Stralis Aircraft and CQ University researchers are working to develop long-range hydrogen electric propulsion systems which they say could make aviation cheaper. They hope to use ...