After 53 years and more than 1,570 planes, the last Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line in Washington state Tuesday evening, on its way to serve as a cargo plane. The once-groundbreaking jumbo ...

The last 747 has rolled off Boeing’s production line, but the iconic jumbo jet still has plenty of history to make. Atlas Air took delivery of a 747-8 freighter on January 31, ...

T he overwhelming majority of the 155 double-decker 747-8s that Boeing made were put into service as cargo freighters, and ...

Boeing 747-8 Freighter: The last Boeing 747 left the company's widebody factory in Washington on December 6, 2022, ahead of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. Paul Weatherman/Boeing ...

Boeing built its last-ever 747 in December. It's the end of an aviation era that began with Pan Am's first commercial flight of the jumbo jet in 1970.

The final Boeing 747 lands at Paine Field following a test flight, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Everett, Wash. Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, when it delivers the jumbo ...

The 747 is composed of about six million parts produced all over the world. But the final, awe-inspiring work of assembling them into an airplane was completed at a factory in Everett, Wash.

Boeing has delivered its last 747 jumbo jet, more than a half-century after production of the plane began. Although many 747s are still in use — and will probably remain so for decades — the ...

The last Boeing 747, a -8F is the 1574th built of a production run that has spanned 55 years. Join me in the final B747 delivery Ceremony at Boeing Everett factory. Listen to Boeing’s current ...

Boeing 747-8 Freighter: The last Boeing 747 left the company's widebody factory in Washington on December 6, 2022, ahead of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. Paul Weatherman/Boeing ...

The last 747 jumbo jet manufactured by Boeing lands after a Jan. 10 test flight in Everett, Wash. (Jennifer Buchanan / Seattle Times) By GENE JOHNSON. Associated Press. Jan. 31, 2023 2:50 AM PT .

Delta was the last U.S. airline to use the 747 for passenger flights, which ended in 2017, although some other international carriers continue to fly it, including the German airline Lufthansa.