A luxurious Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is set to become US President Donald Trump's new official aircraft with the call sign 'Air Force One' after the Qatar government decided to 'gift' the ...

A man has supersized his childhood hobby of making model Airfix kits by buying a full size Spitfire - that he keeps in his back garden. Aviation worker Ian Fox, 55, bought the fibreglass replica ...

"Saturday Night Fever" hit the Rochester area in a big way when Club 747 opened in November 1977. Many area "discos" at the time were just neighborhood bars with dancing. Club 747, at 2525 West ...

An artist has saluted two painters who fired generations of youthful imaginations by creating art for Matchbox and Airfix model kit boxes. Mark Postlethwaite tipped his wings in tribute following ...

When Boeing's iconic 747 aircraft first took to the skies in 1969, the massive aircraft almost immediately changed the aircraft game, proving itself a plane capable of carrying both cargo and ...

The Boeing 747 is arguably the most iconic commercial airliner ever produced. The jumbo jet has transported millions of passengers over the past 50 years. Given its popularity and iconic status ...

The last 747 has rolled off Boeing’s production line, but the iconic jumbo jet still has plenty of history to make. Atlas Air took delivery of a 747-8 freighter on January 31, 2023, marking the ...

Heartworms, AKA Jojo Orme, has linked up with Airfix to produce a limited edition set of Spitfire models as merchandise. The collaboration is the first between Airfix and a musician, and the models ...

The last Boeing 747 trundled out of the factory and was handed over to its new operators. It’s the end of an era. And it’s not. Some of the big birds will fly well past 2030. That means the ...

Just to produce the 747, Boeing first had to erect what was and still is the largest building by volume ever constructed – big enough to hold 75 football fields or all of Disneyland. But on Jan ...

The Boeing 747 once carried the space shuttle and is credited with making air travel more accessible to the general public. Now, after more than five decades, the last brand-new 747 has been built.