The 747-8 freighter can fly up to 4,390 nautical miles. The Intercontinental has a wing span of 224 feet, 7 inches, and is 250 feet, 2 inches long. Its tail towers to 63 feet, 6 inches high.

Developed on the existing 747 airframe, the 747-8 has undergone extensive changes including a complete wing redesign, all new efficient engines borrowed from the 787 and new cockpit avionics also ...

The Boeing Co.’s revamped 747-8 Freighter program continues to make progress in the factory here in Everett. Earlier this week, the company joined the wings to the center wing box on the third ...

Few commercial aircraft have matched the legacy of the Boeing 747. Launched in 1970, the original 747-100 introduced a new ...

The FINANCIAL — Boeing (NYSE: BA) has completed another milestone in the assembly of its first 747-8 Freighter by joining the wing to the fuselage. Workers attached the 40-foot (12 m ...

offer lower trip costs and have an upgraded flight deck and an improved wing. Cargolux, based in Luxembourg, has ordered 10 747-8 Freighters and will take delivery of the first 747-8F in third ...

Data analysis shows that “divergent flutter,” oscillations of a wing that could cause it to break up, may occur on the 747-8 during a “high g-load maneuver in combination with certain system ...

China's Xian Aircraft has delivered its first set of composite inboard wing flaps for the Boeing 747-8 programme. XAC, a subsidiary of AVIC, will become the sole supplier of the aircraft's inboard ...

Korean Air's (KAL) aerospace business division has been contracted as a wing part supplier for the Boeing 747-8 programme. The components KAL will provide include raked wing tips, wing tip ...

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The 747-8 freighter can fly up to 4,390 nautical miles. The Intercontinental has a wing span of 224 feet, 7 inches, and is 250 feet, 2 inches long. Its tail towers to 63 feet, 6 inches high.