Posts Tagged ‘Boeing 747-8’
 

 

Today in Aviation History: November 14th

Female aviator Amy Johnson breaks a speed record, Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes with the Marshall University football team, the 747-8 program is launched, and more...
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Boeing Quietly Delivers Their Largest Plane Ever as Cargolux Takes First 747-8F

Weeks after Cargolux left Boeing officials red-faced with a last-minute decision nixing delivery of the first 747-8 Freighter, the Luxembourg-based freight hauler flew the plane home on Wednesday with no fanfare whatsoever.
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The first 747-8 Intercontinental slated for delivery under construction. Launch customer Lufthansa will be receiving this particular aircraft. (Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren/NYCAviation)

Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Ready to Roll, Hoping to Sell

Boeing’s newest variation on the classic jumbo is big and fresh—but will it make big bucks?
by John Harrell
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An Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8 Freighter on display at the 2011 Paris Air Show. (Photo by Rohan Visvanathan, via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND)

High Art: History, Hype and The World’s Biggest Planes

Can a reborn jetliner again change the world — or look good trying?
by Patrick Smith
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Boeing 747-8I public rollout.

First Photo: Boeing 747-8I Makes its Public Debut

Boeing's newest passenger jet, the 747-8 Intercontinental was displayed to the public for the first time at a ceremony at the plane builder's Everett, Wash. factory on Sunday morning.
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