Here’s why Air Force One takes so long to build. From the outside, the president’s plane doesn’t look all that different from ...

The Boeing 747, dubbed "The Queen of the Skies" has a long, storied history in aviation. Here is everything we know about ...

In the 1940s, if you were in a hurry and needed to travel across the continental United States, the fastest option was to hop inside one of the many propeller-driven planes of that era. The ...

While the A380 is bigger, it has a slightly lower cruising speed than the 747. The Boeing 707 and DC-8 were capable of flying at impressive speeds and outpaced older quadjets. The Boeing 747 is ...

Eisenhower was the first president to travel on a jet aircraft in 1959. Eisenhower's Boeing 707 Stratoliner, nicknamed "Queenie," featured a section for telecommunications, room for 40 passengers ...

The RC-135S is a militarized Boeing 707 civilian airliner and is equipped with a sophisticated array of optical and electronic sensors, recording media, and communications equipment, is a national ...

Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5 turbofans with thrust reversers The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a militarized version of the Boeing 707 commercial airliner which is used to verify compliance of the ...