A mysterious Boeing 747-8, once a passenger jet, has been spotted taking to the skies above Dayton, Ohio, as it undergoes crucial test flights.
Category: Boeing 747-200
Rolls-Royce Retires Iconic 45-Year-Old Boeing 747-200
While Boeing 747 aircraft in passenger service are somewhat few and far between these days, examples of the older 747-200 variant are even more so.One particularly interesting example active in recent years has been a testbed plane belonging to Rolls-Royce. The British engine manufacturer had a 45-year-old 747-200B on its books used to test turbofans on flights out of Tucson in Arizona.