An Air China 747 at the gate in Beijing. jetphotos.com/photo/12089867 © zhanjiangji

A National Airlines 747 in Warsaw. jetphotos.com/photo/12076829 © Grzesiek Krupa

An Atlas Air 747 departing Cincinnati. jetphotos.com/photo/12078099 © Donald E Moore

A Boeing Dreamlifter lifting itself into the air in Nagoya. jetphotos.com/photo/12073852 © Daisuke

A National Airlines 747 departing Hong Kong. jetphotos.com/photo/12072645 © Ehco

Cathay Pacific Cargo’s 80th anniversary livery 747 in Chengdu. jetphotos.com/photo/12070818 © Fish cats

A Korean Air Cargo 747 landing in Dallas. jetphotos.com/photo/12063310 © Devan Mayer

A Cargolux 747 departing Budapest. jetphotos.com/photo/12063302 © Gábor Kovács Dödi

The first Lufthansa 747 recently acquired by the US Air Force, formerly D-ABYD, sitting in Frankfurt with titles removed. jetphotos.com/photo/11968093 © Niclas Karich

A Lufthansa 747-200 Combi in Anchorage, 1984. jetphotos.com/photo/11912100 © kjell nilsson

A Cathay Pacific Cargo 747 in Hong Kong. jetphotos.com/photo/11812040 © edhdi3

An Aerostan 747-200 landing in Shenzhen. jetphotos.com/photo/11789511 © 77W_ZGSZ

Pratt & Whitney’s 747SP touching down at Oshkosh. jetphotos.com/photo/11786010 © Ohare_Planespotter

A Nippon Cargo Airlines 747 landing in Stockholm. jetphotos.com/photo/11784878 © William_aviation

Swiss’ A320neo wearing a special red nose for the Christmas season. jetphotos.com/photo/11549188 © Jakob Lienau

A Dubai Air Wing 747 in Valencia. jetphotos.com/photo/11550337 © Fabrizio Spicuglia

With titles and logo removed, this now-former Korean Air 747 departs on a test flight before being delivered to the US for conversion into one of the new Nightwatch aircraft. jetphotos.com/photo/11508190 © HongSU

A Silk Way West Airlines 747 taxiing in Budapest. jetphotos.com/photo/11184440 © Horváth Gábor