Seconds after taking off from San Francisco, a United Airlines Boeing 747 shudders violently as one of its engines starts to fail. The intense vibrations terrify the passengers, and are so strong that ...

Captain Ruud Van Pangemanan, a Boeing 747 pilot, witnessed and filmed multiple unidentified flying objects (UFOs) while flying from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Abuja, Nigeria. The incident occurred ...

Since 2006, the successful UPS pilot has been, in his "spare" time ... why he helps them today » "One day I'm up flying a Boeing 747 and the next day I'm down here working in the land helping ...

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Due to the long trans-oceanic routes the aircraft flew, it usually operated with at least one relief pilot who took over flying duties when one of the main crew rested. The 747 was designed to be ...

Air Force One (with President Barack Obama). Like many 747 pilots, Cargolux First Officer Christiaan van Heijst is a fan. He climbed down from the cockpit for a portrait with the 747‑8.

A Singapore Air 747 bounds skyward from LAX, headed to one of 61 destinations on six continents. Some pilots joke that the appearance of their plane does not matter to them, because they are ...

HAECO’s recent services agreement with SF Airlines for C checks on its Boeing 747 freighter fleet further emphasizes the sustained strong demand for reliable maintenance services for 747s.

Samantha Josaphat: Um, wish me luck. Battison: So, how many golf balls can you fit in a Boeing 747? I... I have no idea. Josaphat: How many tennis balls? Oh, golf...wow. Wow. My first step is to ...

The majority of pilots being “pooled” were expected to be the jumbo jet first officers, according to the report. Boeing's 747, a plane that democratized global air travel in the 1970s but fell ...

This is the first version of the 747 to operate with a two-person crew without a flight engineer. Right behind the cockpit is the pilot crew rest bunks. Due to the long trans-oceanic routes the ...