In fact, work on the full-scale 747 prototype began before the building’s roof was even completed. Workers were assembling aircraft components while exposed to the elements.

I toured the Boeing 747 Experience at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. The jet was the first Boeing 747-400 produced and served as a prototype.

The Airborne Laser program can be tracked back to the Reagan years, and after billions in development dollars were spent and a custom-built 747 prototype was built, what was to be a super-weapon ...

“On its September 30, 1968 rollout, the first 747 prototype looked ready to fly but was in fact just 80 percent complete,” said Spenser.

The first 747 prototype being rolled out of Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington, September 30, 1968. The purpose-built 747 factory remains the largest building ever constructed by volume.

On January 9, 1969, the first 747 prototype took to the skies over Washington state. It was a staggering 225 feet (68.5 m) long, had a wing area larger than a basketball court, and the tail was as ...

An Oregon company is experimenting with using a modified Boeing 747 to drop enormous amounts of water on wildfires. In initial tests, the prototype – a modified 747-200 cargo jet – performed ...

NASA's prototype orbiter Enterprise, atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, departed Dryden (today, Armstrong) Flight Research Center in California on May 16, 1983, on the first leg of its ...

Shortly before the winter holiday season, Boeing began shipping the first parts for the prototype 747-400 Special Freighter to its Chinese supplier partner, Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Co. (Taeco ...