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 ...

The 747’s hump became iconic because it solved old problems that modern jets no longer have.

The Boeing 747 is one of the world's most iconic planes, and it is easily recognizable thanks to its frontal hump, which often contains a luxurious lounge or additional seating in passenger variants.

The final 747—a 747-8 model—left the production line for its inaugural flight on February 1 this year. The crew traced a unique pattern in the sky: a queen’s crown underlaid by the numbers “7-4-7.” ...