DALLAS — Today at 11:34 PST, in 1969, the prototype Boeing 747 took to the skies from Seattle, Washington, for the first time ...

According to Boeing, the 747-8 has a cruise speed of Mach 0.86 (570 mph) at 35,000 ft. Want answers to more key questions in aviation? Check out the rest of our guides here. Before the A380 ...