The compromise solution was a shorter 747 with four conventional engines, the 747SP, with the suffix "Special Performance." Entering service in 1976 with Pan Am, Boeing built 45 747SP aircraft ...

White Plains, New York-based Atlas Air was founded in 1992, operates “the world’s largest fleet of Boeing 747 freighter aircraft,” and also leases 777, 767, and 737s to commercial customers ...

The last 747 off of Boeing's assembly line will be delivered to Atlas Air for use as a freighter. ... But newer, more fuel-efficient planes with two engines are bringing about the end of the 747.

An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane shot sparks through the Miami sky last week after one of its engines failed shortly after taking off from Miami International Airport. The plane was heading ...

The Boeing 747 was a landmark in the history of commercial aviation, ... also with two engines. The double-decker design, sadly, is no longer in active production anywhere, ...

Boeing began working with NASA to test using chevrons, or scalloped edges, on turbofan engines, mainly for noise reduction.

The National Transportation Safety Board said an improperly installed borescope plug led to a January engine fire on an Atlas Air Boeing 747. Maintenance on the aircraft had been performed just ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 (BA.N), opens new tab cargo plane made an emergency landing in Miami late Thursday shortly after departure after suffering an engine fire ...

An Atlas Air 747 cargo plan made an emergency landing after suffering and engine failure that prompted sparks to shoot from the airplane on Thursday.

The incredible Boeing 747 with three engines that never got made Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Boeing toyed with the idea of building a three-engine commercial plane. By John Varga.

On January 18, Atlas Air Flight 3885 was between Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico, when the crew received a fire indication in the Boeing 747-8F’s No. 2 engine at approximately 3,000 feet.