The ramp at Baku was buzzing with activity. Inside the Boeing 747, I met with Captain Rasim, who showed me the advanced loading of cargo inside B747-8F. I was the only passenger onboard this cargo ...

Jumbostay has been on the tarmac of Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, since 2009. The plane was built in 1976, and was was last operated by Transjet, a Swedish airline that went bankrupt in 2002.

Boeing's latest 747 jumbo jet looks like a spiffy new jetliner. But inside it's still a work in progress. WSJ's Daniel Michaels gets a sneak peek at the Paris Air Show. Image courtesy of Getty Images.

“Once you get up around 185[mph], 200, the roar is like you’re inside a 747 jet engine,” Krall noted. “You feel it in your ...