The Top 10 Boeing 747 Airline Customers In History
Only a few of the greatest purchasers of the Boeing 747 were US airlines, and some still have them in service.
Storm Eowyn’s severe winds cause British Airways flight to approach subsonic speeds
Storm Eowyn has resulted in jet stream winds in excess of 260mph over the east coast of the US, meaning records could be ...
The intriguing phenomenon helping planes slingshot across the Atlantic at 800 mph
The jet stream is like a river of west-to-east winds in the upper atmosphere. Airplanes use it like a highway.
Airbus A380: 6 Factors That Led To The End Of The Superjumbo's Production
The A380's cancelation was announced more than five years ago and now no quad-jets or double deckers are in production.
Jet stream helping planes slingshot across Atlantic Ocean at 800 mph
When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...
Transatlantic flights flew over 800 mph after freezing weather juiced the jet stream
At least two flights briefly traveled faster than the speed of sound as the jet stream sped up, but there would not have been ...
Storm Eowyn jet stream causes BA flight to hit subsonic speed of 814mph
Wow! According to data from flightradar, BA274 flying Las Vegas to Heathrow has just hit a speed of 814mph thanks to extreme ...
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Storm Eowyn’s severe winds cause British Airways flight to approach subsonic speeds
According to data gathered by Flightradar24, British Airways flight BA274 reached a ground speed of 814mph – just 21mph slower than the subsonic speed record of 835mph. The Boeing 747 took ...
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Pan Am Flight 103's last moments before Lockerbie disaster – loud bang and falling bodies
The Pan Am Flight 103 from Heathrow to New York exploded just 38 minutes into its journey over Lockerbie, killing 270 people ...
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Toulouse Branch Gordon Corps Lecture: Airbus A321XLR Certification Flight Test Campaign
After starting work as an undergraduate apprentice at British Aerospace in Filton ... He then joined Cathay Pacific Airways as a pilot on the Boeing 747-200 for a brief period before taking up the ...
Which Airlines Still Fly The Boeing 747 On Its 55th Flight Anniversary?
Some 55 years after the first commercial flight of the Boeing 747, four airlines still fly passenger versions, including ...