This was the Boeing 747SP, a rare moment in airliner history when a manufacturer decided that the route to more range was fewer airplanes. Only 45 were built, but the Special Performance jumbo pushed ...
For upwards of four decades, the Boeing 747 was pound for pound the largest, most capable, and the most iconic wide-body, quad-engine airliner the world had ever seen. Though Airbus' A380 may have may ...