The move to the Washington DC area puts its executives closer to key federal government officials and the Federal Aviation Administration, which certifies Boeing passenger and cargo planes.īoeing’s relationship with the FAA has been strained since deadly crashes of its bestselling plane, the 737 Max, in 20. The company has completed 1,573 more since then.īut over the past two decades, Boeing and its European rival Airbus have turned to more fuel-efficient and profitable aircraft widebody planes with two engines instead of the 747’s four.ĭelta was the last US airline to use the 747 for passenger flights – ending in 2017 – although some international carriers continue to fly it, including the German airline Lufthansa.īoeing announced in May that it would move its headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, Virginia. It took more than 50,000 Boeing employees 16 months to churn out the first 747. Carrying two and a half times more passengers. Designed originally for Pan American to replace the 707, the giant Boeing 747 revolutionized long-distance air travel when it entered service in 1970. October 2020, Hamburg: View into the cockpit of a converted Boeing 747 with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, which is standing. NASA is developing the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA - as a world-class airborne observatory that will complement the Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel and James Webb space telescopes and. A typical 747 has several hundred buttons, gauges, lights, and switches that help the pilots maintain control of the aircraft.
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