It’s still jaw-dropping,” Waldron said. The last 747 built — tail number N863GT — rolled out of The Boeing Co.’s assembly factory at Paine Field in December. On Tuesday, thousands of ...

At 63 feet and 6 inches, the 747-8 Intercontinetal's tail is as tall as an average 6 story city apartment building. · Boeing had to build a special plant to manufacture the 231-foot long plane ...

Boeing's final 747 was commissioned by Atlas Air Worldwide ... Its fuselage was 225 feet long, its wingspan equally wide, its tail wing stood nearly six stories tall, and four massive engines ...

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett ... primarily through the sculpting of the nose and tail? Sutter understood this perfectly. The 747’s most distinctive feature ...

For upwards of four decades, the Boeing 747 was pound for pound the largest, most capable, and the most iconic wide-body, quad-engine airliner the world had ever seen. Though Airbus' A380 may have ...

574th — and last — Boeing 747 had its ceremonial send-off and took to the skies. This ultimate example of the famous airliner has a depiction on its tail of Atlas holding the world atop his ...

Boeing set out to build the 747 after losing a contract for a huge ... The plane’s fuselage was 225 feet (68.5 meters) long and the tail stood as tall as a six-story building.

The Boeing 747 was nicknamed Ed Force One and flew with ... each etched with an image of the plane, its name and the tail number. The tags measure about 1.5 by 3.5 inches, and in addition to ...

The final Boeing 747 lands at Paine Field following a test ... The plane’s fuselage was 225 feet (68.5 meters) long and the tail stood as tall as a six-story building. The plane’s design ...