Already applied to Boeing 747 and 777 aircraft by six airlines ... aircraft — but this included riblets also on the small jet’s wings, nacelles and empennage. “We didn’t use them on the rudder or ...

Middle Eastern carrier Emirates’ SkyCargo division has taken its Boeing 747 freighter fleet to six, as the company continues to weigh its future cargo aircraft options. Emirates says it has ...

UK investigators have disclosed that a trailing-edge panel shed by a One Air Boeing 747-400 freighter was discovered adjacent to runway 27L at London Heathrow two months later. The 1m-long panel ...

A couple were blown away by a Boeing 747 converted into a hotel. Annabelle Green, 20, and her partner Joel Simons, 21, both ardent plane spotters, jumped at the opportunity to spend a night in the ...

This causes some drag and turbulence problems even with the best aerodynamic design and is one reason why the empennage with the rudder and stabilizers are raised well away from the fuselage.

The Boeing 747-100 was the first variant of the Jumbo family. The variant is easy to recognize as the type was built with six upper deck windows (only three on each side). The upper deck was not ...

Stratolaunch has announced plans to launch its reusable Talon-A hypersonic testbed aircraft from the Spirit of Mojave, a modified Boeing 747, under a new $24.7 million agreement with the Missile ...

Emirates SkyCargo, the air freight division of Dubai-based Emirates, is adding two additional Boeing 747-400F freighters to its fleet to meet soaring demand. The additional pair of widebody freighters ...

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