Seconds after taking off from San Francisco, a United Airlines Boeing 747 shudders violently as one ... we might have gotten dark energy totally wrong ...

The Big Imagination project began that way too -- and grew into a group that raised and spent just short of $1 million to bring a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet (or rather, 3/4 of one) to Burning Man this year.

4th October 1992 Two engines fall off a Boeing 747, just moments after takeoff from Amsterdam. The pilots fight desperately for control, as their aircraft struggles to stay aloft. To make matters ...

However, that excitement got Boeing to thinking: its 747 might not be ideal for commercial ... Engineers decided to turn the front of the plane into a giant door. The nose would open up, making ...