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more about #747 more comments → UnicornMaster: How many bolts do you think are holding the shuttle to the 747? more » CamilleBabakin: What a waste of time and money. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Wow, so it's like 5 days of foreplay, and on the 6th day, they got it on. more » farcedude: I can totally see that thing plowing into the side of a smoked-in mountain, and making things amazingly worse. Also, I can't imaging it being able to ... more » Bandit: So how many are there in use? more » Gillonde: How do they get the water into this thing? more » Hello Mister Walrus: Why do they never talk about features that make it down to economy class? more » frigg: That's a very sultry looking plane. more » Nick: why? anyone know? not that i am in touch with the jetsetter crowd. more » Homerjay is utterly alone.: I wonder if the doors in the second photo make that Star Trek "Whoosh" sound when they open and close! more » fanboy.took.my.star: this is great...if you can afford to make a trip outside of the usa... more » frigg: Even stranger, with recent cutbacks, it no longer serves food and you have to pay to use the bathroom. more » Serolf Divad: Couldn't they at least paint it? Why must it look like a rust-bucket? more » Nick: Roger Murdock: Flight 2-0-9'er, you are cleared for take-off. Captain Oveur: Roger! Roger Murdock: Huh? Tower voice: L.A. departure frequency, 123 poi... more » Serolf Divad: (because Guinness will give out records for anything nowadays) As opposed to the old days when Guiness only gave out records for longest continuous st... more » -
#space
Cool Time Lapse Video of Atlantis Getting Mounted On Its 747 Mothership
We have seen the shuttle on an spectacular shot on top of its 747 mothership and a video of their almost impossible take off, but we have never seen a time lapse video on how everything gets ready. More » -
#airplanes
20,500-Gallon Firefighting Boeing 747 Supertanker In Action
The fire season has started in half of the world and I wish there were more of these 747 Firefighting Supertankers. They can drop 20,500 gallons of water in one go, as you can see in the video. More » -
#airplanes
The Interior of the Boeing 747 Intercontinental
Unlike the delayed Dreamliner, the new 747 Intercontinental—based on the 747-8 Freighter—is right on schedule at 25% of its design phase. Its interior is inspired by the Dreamliner—orgy room included, I can only hope. More » -
#airplanes
First Commercial 747 Is Now a Crappy Restaurant in Korea
It may not be in the World's 50 Best Restaurants list and, looking at it, you don't have to wonder why. But this rusty Korean restaurant is special: It's the first commercial 747 ever flown. More » -
#diy
Man Builds 747 Flight Simulator in His Warehouse, Earns Guinness Record
Flight enthusiast Matthew Sheil has built a 747-400 flight simulator in his Sydney warehouse that can stand up to any $40 million training version—and he did it for under $200,000. More » -
#sleep
Finally, I've Found the Bed Of My Dreams
If my girl can't appreciate sleeping in the hollowed out arc of a real Boeing 747 engine nacelle (fine Italian satin apparently included!), I don't want her in my life. [Motoart via OhGizmo] -
#airplanes
Obama Boards Air Force One for the First Time
Here you have President Obama boarding the Air Force One for the first time ever, with some really awesome insider footage. I love when the Commander-In-Chief meets the Presidential airplane's Commander for the first time: More » -
#airplanes
Stunning Zenithal Shot of Space Shuttle Flying On Top of 747
Seeing the space shuttle flying on top of its modified 747 carrier is rare. This image of Endeavour riding it over the Mojave a few days ago, however, is absolutely awesome. Updated with 1600px-wide version. -
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#airplanes
747 Electronics Fail, Pilot Flies Blind Across the Pacific Piggy-Backing to Another Plane
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the 284 passengers on board Quantas Flight 12—a Boeing 747-400 flying from Los Angeles to Sydney—couldn't believe their eyes when they looked through their windows to see another Boeing from Air New Zealand flying just a few thousand feet from their aircraft. The explanation, as the commander announced, was simple: He was "flying blind" after their aircraft's weather radar broke three hours after take off. Fortunately, as Qantas explained, the Air New Zealand flight was able to relay the data their 747 needed all the way to the other side of the Pacific: More »
