Boeing 747-8 wing with new GEnx Engines
A 747-8 wing fitted with GEnx-2B engines.
A 747-8 wing with its GEnx-2B engines fitted, still in green primer.
This is a new wing rather than a modified 747-400 one - different airfoils, higher aspect ratio, raked tips, and fly-by-wire spoilers and outboard ailerons. More on the wing design.
Boeing 747-8 wing fitted with GEnx-2B engines and raked wingtips
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Photographs of every major Boeing 747 variant and special-mission jumbo - airline service, freight, Air Force One, the Dreamlifter and SOFIA.
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The Boeing 747-8 in pictures - wing assembly, final construction, paint hangar roll-out, first flight and airline service.
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The first forward fuselage section of the 747-8 Intercontinental, delivered to Everett for final assembly.