So, instead of designing the 747 solely for passengers ... Engineers decided to turn the front of the plane into a giant door. The nose would open up, making it easy to load tall cargo.

The 747’s famous hump was the result of the need to have a hinged cargo door at the front of the aircraft; a design was chosen that allowed the cockpit to be placed on a second level above the ...

The last Boeing 747, a -8F is the 1574th built of a production run that has spanned 55 years. Join me in the final B747 delivery Ceremony at Boeing Everett factory.

Then he took things further, buying the front end of a 747 and opening it to the public. How to do it: 20 minutes on The Deck ...

The Boeing 747, the US plane that revolutionised air travel, has been given a regal send-off in the skies over Washington State. Atlas Air, an American cargo airline, took delivery of the last 747 ...

Australian airline Qantas has bid farewell to its last Boeing 747 aeroplane with one final flourish - drawing its logo, the flying kangaroo, in the sky. Dozens gathered at Sydney Airport on ...