While modern commercial aircraft can be hard to tell apart, there's no mistaking the majestic shape of the Boeing 747. Its distinctive hump containing the cockpit and a second-floor seating area ahead ...

If you've ever gazed at the Boeing 747 from a terminal window or walked through its upper deck, you've likely wondered: Why does it have that iconic hump? The design is so unique that it has become ...

While Boeing pioneered the widebody with the 747, it didn’t operate in a vacuum. Douglas (later McDonnell Douglas) and ...