The Boeing 747-8 is one of the largest and heaviest commercial aircraft ever built, pushing the limits of modern aerospace engineering. With a maximum takeoff weight of nearly 987,000 lbs (447,000 kg) ...

Boeing has released the first engineering drawings of the main body landing gear for its new 747-8, to be manufacturered by Goodrich. Boeing has selected Goodrich to provide the landing gear, wheels ...

Maintenance personnel installed a Boeing 747-400 main landing-gear actuator upside-down before the aircraft suffered an undercarriage jam while returning to London Gatwick. The Virgin Atlantic ...

Boeing has completed installation of the General Electric GEnx-2B engines on the first 747-8 Freighter and is beginning the first of a series of functional tests on systems starting with nose and main ...

Three people aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 74, a Boeing 747-200, were injured Friday when the nosegear of the aircraft collapsed shortly after landing. The 325 passengers and 16 crewmembers used ...

Even highly experienced pilots are susceptible to critical errors like gear-up landings, as the author demonstrates with multiple historical examples and a personal near-miss. The author, as the PIC ...