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Boeing 720

The Boeing 720 is a four-engine jet airliner derived from the 707 for short- to medium-range routes and shorter runways; Boeing built 154 between 1959 and 1967 before the 727 and 737 replaced it.

Boeing 727

The Boeing 727 is a three-engine narrow-body jet airliner built at Renton, Washington, for short- and medium-haul routes; first flown in 1963, 1,832 were built over 22 years of production.

Boeing 737

The Boeing 737 is a family of narrow-body twin-engine jetliners built by Boeing for short- and medium-haul routes, first flown in 1967 and still in production as the 737 MAX.

Boeing 737 Classic

The Boeing 737 Classic is the second generation of the Boeing 737 narrow-body airliner family, comprising the 737-300, 737-400, and 737-500 models produced from 1984 to 2000.

Boeing 737 MAX

The Boeing 737 MAX is a family of narrow-body airliners, the fourth generation of Boeing's 737 series, announced in 2011 and in service since 2017.

Boeing 737 MAX groundings

The Boeing 737 MAX groundings suspended the airliner worldwide from March 2019 to late 2020 after two fatal crashes, and again in January 2024 after a door plug blowout.

Boeing 737 Next Generation

The Boeing 737 Next Generation (737NG) is the third generation of Boeing's 737 narrow-body airliners, produced from 1997 until December 2019, with the 737-800 the best-selling variant.

Boeing 737 rudder issues

The Boeing 737 rudder issues are design, certification, and maintenance problems allowing the rudder to reverse or jam, linked to the 1991 United and 1994 USAir Flight 427 crashes.

Boeing 747

The Boeing 747, known as the Queen of the Skies, is a wide-body, four-engine jet airliner Boeing produced from 1967 to 2022, building 1,574 aircraft.

Boeing 747 hull losses

Boeing 747 hull losses are 747s destroyed or damaged beyond economical repair, 65 of 1,574 built as of October 2026, including the deadliest accident in aviation history.

Boeing 747-400

The Boeing 747-400 is a four-engine wide-body airliner introduced in 1989, distinguished by winglets and a two-crew cockpit, with 694 built, the most of any 747 generation.

Boeing 747-8

The Boeing 747-8 is a four-engine wide-body airliner and freighter derived from the 747-400, launched in 2005 and the last 747 built before production ended in 2023.

Boeing 747SP

The Boeing 747SP is a shortened, long-range version of the 747 built for Pan Am and Iran Air in the 1970s to fly ultra-long routes nonstop.

Boeing 757

The Boeing 757 is a twin-engine, single-aisle airliner built by Boeing to replace the 727, carrying up to 279 passengers and entering service in 1983.

Boeing 767

The Boeing 767 is a twin-engine, twin-aisle wide-body airliner developed by Boeing alongside the 757; it entered service with United Airlines in 1982, with over 1,300 delivered.

Boeing 777

The Boeing 777, also known as the Triple 7, is a wide-body twin-engine long-range airliner built by Boeing, seating 300 to 425 passengers and in service since 1995.

Boeing 777X

The Boeing 777X is a family of twin-engine wide-body airliners developed by Boeing as a successor to the 777, comprising the 777-9, 777-8, and 777-8F freighter.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, also known as the 7E7, is a wide-body airliner with an all-composite fuselage and wings, first delivered to All Nippon Airways in 2011 and offered in 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 variants.

Boeing 7J7

The Boeing 7J7 was a proposed 150-seat airliner that Boeing developed in the mid-1980s as a fuel-efficient replacement for its 727, powered by General Electric's GE36 propfan engine.

Boeing AH-6

The Boeing AH-6, known as the AH-6 Little Bird, is a light attack helicopter flown exclusively by the US Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment.

Boeing AH-64 Apache

The Boeing AH-64 Apache, or Apache helicopter, is an American twin-engine, tandem-seat attack helicopter built by Boeing in Mesa, Arizona, and flown by 19 countries.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine American heavy bomber developed for the US Army Air Corps in the mid-1930s, with 12,731 built by 1945.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine American heavy bomber of World War II, the first American bomber with pressurized crew compartments, that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan.

Boeing B-47 Stratojet

The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was an American six-engine, swept-wing jet medium bomber that served as Strategic Air Command's primary nuclear deterrent aircraft in the 1950s, with 2,032 built.

Boeing B-50 Superfortress

The Boeing B-50 Superfortress was a reworked B-29 development that became the last piston-engine bomber delivered to the US Air Force, serving from 1948 until 1965.

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range heavy bomber that has served the United States Air Force since 1955; 76 B-52Hs are planned to fly into the 2050s.

Boeing Bird of Prey

The Boeing Bird of Prey was a single-seat, subsonic stealth technology demonstrator developed secretly by Boeing's Phantom Works from 1992 to 1999, flown 38 times, and unveiled in 2002.

Boeing Business Jet

The Boeing Business Jet, or BBJ, is a family of VIP and corporate airplanes Boeing derives from its commercial airliners, beginning with the 737-700 in 1996.

Boeing C-135 Stratolifter

The Boeing C-135 Stratolifter is a four-engine jet transport of the US Air Force, bought in the early 1960s as an interim until the C-141 arrived.

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, also known as the C-17A, is a four-engine American heavy military transport aircraft that first flew in 1991 and entered service in 1993.