When Boeing's iconic 747 aircraft first took to the skies in ... the 747-8 was every bit the behemoth its predecessors were, boasting a wingspan of 224 ft five inches, a height of 63 ft 6 inches ...

The mammoth jet - called WindRunner - is being built by energy company Radia to transport massive blades of wind turbines ...

The world's largest plane will be longer than Wembley Stadium and bigger than a Boeing 747 - and below we look inside the ...

Now, the two new 747-8s are delayed until 2027 or 2028 because Boeing has experienced unstable ... It sits at 250 feet and 2 inches long with a wingspan of 224 feet and 5 inches.

Scientists have spotted an asteroid as wide as a Boeing 747's wingspan that has a one-in-83 chance of hitting the Earth. 2024 YR4 is heading towards the Earth and will arrive in December 2032.