When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett, Washington, 50 years ago, onlookers were stunned. The aircraft before them, gleaming in the morning sunshine, was more than double the ...

T he name Boeing immediately conjures thoughts of aircraft like the jumbo jet, or the infamous 737 MAX. The company embodies the history of the passenger jet. But it wasn't always this way.

English heavy metal band Iron Maiden once sang, “Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter,” but when it comes to dismantling the band’s Boeing 747-400 tour plane, it’s a little more complicated.