Watch the recreation of the takeoff of the super jumbo 747-200, registration SX-OAA, carrying over 400 passengers on a hot ...

Daniel comes to Simple Flying with a business focused approach to the aviation world. Daniel enjoys analyzing strategy and how companies move against each other to gain a step ahead in the skies.

The U.S. Air Force E-4B Nightwatch is a modified Boeing 747-200, also called the Doomsday airplane. Built in the 1970s, the four E-4Bs were designed to act as a flying White House in case a nuclear ...

BBJ is putting an extreme spin on upcycling. Boeing’s business-jet division announced a new plan to turn commercial-passenger 747-8 airliners into the largest floating palaces in the sky. The 747-8 ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1970, the much-upgraded passenger variant of the Boeing 747, the 747-200, took to the skies for the first time. The Boeing 747-100 entered service with Pan American on January 22, ...

Alexander (Alex) Mitchell comes to Simple Flying with a background in finance and strategy consulting. He has covered airlines and aerospace at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, ...

17:33, Fri, Sep 19, 2025 Updated: 17:33, Fri, Sep 19, 2025 An E-4B Nightwatch jet was spotted flying over the skies of Texas by a keen aviation photographer. The plane was completely stripped of paint ...

Ever slept on a plane? Some people swear by it, but others find it hard to do and would rather just sleep at their hotel. But since 2009 at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport, that hotel could actually be a ...

Desde 2017, haciendo periodismo aeronáutico. Award-Winning Journalist: Ganador de la edición 2023 de "Periodismo de Altura", otorgado por ALTA. Facts don't care about your feelings. The new directive ...

While the Boeing 747 is still flying and is not yet considered a vintage aircraft, at Vintage Aviation News we make exceptions for a select few airframes that are so iconic and historically ...

‘It’s sad that a hotel that may be the only one of its kind in the world is disappearing,’ said the bankruptcy trustee. Known especially to aviation junkies, the Jumbo Stay hotel and hostel was opened ...