Pratt & Whitney will bring a 747SP test bed aircraft to display at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, the World's Greatest Aviation Celebration, on July 21-24 (Photo courtesy of Pratt & Whitney) · ...

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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 ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - From high above, the afternoon air shows, at EAA AirVenture, are always a highlight “plane sound,” but before anything left the ground Monday, many people waited in line, hoping ...

After eight years of operation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is soon to retire a unique piece of equipment and aviation history. NASA's Boeing 747SP-based Stratospheric ...

Inside a Hamburg maintenance hangar belonging to Lufthansa Technik (LHT), a 40-year-old Boeing 747 Special Performance is undergoing a heavy check to help keep the heavily modified, NASA-owned ...

Telescopes come in all shapes and sizes, depending on use, and can be placed anywhere, from facilities down here on Earth to floating free, millions of miles away from our planet. But if they’re truly ...

Pratt & Whitney is preparing to begin flight testing its GTF geared turbofan demonstrator with Airbus next month after completing the first phase of trials on its Boeing 747SP flying testbed. The GTF ...

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 will feature a unique version of one of the world's most popular airliners as RTX's business Pratt & Whitney brings a ...