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The Boeing 747 is a four-engine, wide-body airliner. The Boeing 747 prototype made its maiden flight on February 9, 1969. The Boeing 747-100 and 200 are 231 feet 10 inches long and has a wing span of 195 feet 8 inches. The long range 747SP variant is 184 feet 9 inches long. The 747SP first flew on July 4, 1975. The 747-100 was equipped with four Pratt and Whitney JT9D-3 or JT9D-7 turbofans ranging from 43,500 pounds to 47,000 pounds thrust each. Two classic 747s wee modified to carry and launch Space Shuttles. Some are used as engine testbeds. One served as the prototype of a fire fighting aerial tanker.
President Trump arrived at Phoenix Sky Harbor aboard Boeing VC-25A 92-9000 on October 18, 2018. He visited Luke Air Force ase and Phoenix-Mesa Gateway on October 19. He departed from Phoenix Sky Harbo aboard a VC-32A because the runway at his destination, Elko, Nevada is too shart for the VC-25A. VC-25A 92-9000 departed a short while after Trump's flight.
Boeing VC-25A (747-2G4B) 92-9000 was originally assigned Air Forcce serial 86-8900, but it was reserialed to continue the sequence of presidential transport serials: 62-6000, 72-7000. Its construction number is 23824. It first flew as N1788B on May 16, 1987. It was delivered to the Air Force on August 23, 1990.
Rolls Royce tests their Trent 1000 engine on a Boeing 747-267B that is based at Tucson International Airport. I photographed it on March 4, 2018. It first flew on March 7, 1980. It was delivered to Cathay Pacific as VR-HIA on March 24, 1980. It was regstered B-HIA on October 17, 1997. It was leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-ATD in December 1999. It was subleased to Air Asia from January 19, 2003 to May 3, 2003. It was transferrred to Air Atlanta Europe from July 13, 2003 to November 14, 2004. Rolls Royce North America registered it as N787RR on June 16, 2005.
Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engine mounted on the number two pylon on 747-267B N787RR.
Boeing VC-25A 92-9000 Air Force One visited the Valley of the Sun on Tuesday, August 22, 2017.
Boeing VC-25A (747-2G4B) 92-9000 Air Force One
Boeing VC-25A (747-2G4B) 92-9000 carried President Barack Obama to the Valley of the Sun on Friday, March 13, 2015. The President visited the Veterans Administration Hospital.
Air Force One on approach to land on Runway 08.
Air Force One Boeing Vc-25a 92-9000 Landing Phoenix Sky Harbor March 13 2015: You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
Air Force one departed from Runway 08.
Air Force One Boeing VC-25A 92-9000 Taking Off Phoenix Sky Harbor March 13 2015: You can purchase prints of this photo as large as 16 inches by 24 inches.
Boeing VC-25A 92-9000 carried President Barack Obama to the Valley of the Sun on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. The President delivered remarks at Central High School and departed from Sky Harbor at noon on January 8.
Cargo Air Lines Boeing 747-230F 4X-ICO first flew as N6005F on October 15, 1985. Its construction number is 23348. It wsa delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABZB on October 25, 1985. It was leased to Atlas Air as N747MC on November 3, 1994. It was returned to Lufthansa as D-ABZB on January 8, 1997. It was leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-ARP on June 8, 2004. Tesis Air Cargo registered it as VP-BXD on August 31, 2007 and returned it to Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-ARP in November 2008. Saudi Arabian Airlines leased it on March 6, 2009 and returned it to Air Atlanta Icelandic on December 3, 2009. Cargo Air Lines of Isreal registered it as 4X-ICO on July 1, 2010. It was withdrawn from use and stored on September 29, 2014.
Boeing VC-25A (747-2G4B) 92-9000 carried President Barack Obama to the Valley of the Sun on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. The President delivered remarks at the Desert Vista High School.
Air Force One took off at 2:10 in the afternoon of a rainy day. The sun came out just in time for the take-off.
Air Force One took President Obama to Los Angeles where he taped an appearance oin The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
The Space Suttle endeavour made the last leg of its cross-country journey from the Kennedy Space center to Los Angeles International Airporton September 21, 2012. The 747/Shuttle stack conducted a tour of California before landing at Los Angeles.
The 747/Shuttle stack departed from Runway 04 Left at 8:15 AM. The Hornet chase plane roared past overhead.
Space Shuttle Endeavour Over LAX with Hornet Chase Plane, September 21, 2012: You can buy this photo as prints as large as 16" x 24".
Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA landed at Edwards Air Force Base with Space Shuttle Endeavour on its journey to Los Angeles on September 20, 2012. This was the first time that a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft brought a shuttle to Edwards from another airport.
The stack landed on Runway 22 at 12:50 PM.
NASA Science Video: Space Shuttle Endeavour Arrives at Dryden Flight Research Center in California My white 4Runner can be seen in the media convoy at 5:04.
NASA Dryden employees, their families, and NASA Social Media invitees got a close-up look at the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Boeing VC-25A (747-2G4B) 82-8000 carried President Barack Obama to the Valley of the Sun on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. The President gave a speech at the Intel plant in Chandler.
VC-25A 82-8000 Air Force One landed on Runway 30 Right at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport at 3:17 PM. It was originally assigned Air Forcce serial 86-8800, but it was reserialed to continue the sequence of presidential transport serials: 62-6000, 72-7000. Its construction number is 23825. It first flew as N60659 on October 29, 1987. It was delivered to the Air Force on December 20, 1990.
Boeing VC-25A 82-8000 Air Force One Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport January 25 2012: This photo is available as prints as large as 24 inches by 36 inches.
Evergreen International 747-212B N482EV first flew on August 1, 1973. Its construction number is 20713. It was delivered to Singapoore Airlines as OV-SIB on August 29, 1973. Tigerair registered it as N748TA on Jly 31, 19080 and leased it to Flying Tiger in August 1980. Libyan Arab subleased it from September 23, 1980 to October 13, 1980 and from October 24, 1980 to November 14, 1980. Metro International subleased it in March 1981 and reregistered it as N748FT on April 9,1982. Pan Am registered it as N729PA on February 24, 1983. Evergreen International registered it as N482EV on April 10, 1991 and put it into storage at Marana Airpark in February 1992. LTU leased it on April 21, 1992. Saudia leased it on June 19, 1993 and returned it to Evergreen on October 23, 1993. Saudia leased it again on April 23, 1994 and returned it to Evergreen on June 14, 1995. It was converted to a freighter in 2000.
Evergreen International 747-212B N482EV departing for Louisville International.
Evergreen International 747-212B N482EV
Evergreen 747-212B N482EV departing for Louisville International.
Evergreen International Boeing 747-212B N482EV Take-off Phoenix Sky Harbor Arizona December 23 2011: You can buy this photo as prints as large as 16" x 24".
Evergreen 747-212B N482EV
Evergreen International Boeing 747-212B N482EV Take-off Phoenix Sky Harbor Arizona December 23 2011: You can buy this photo as prints as large as 24" x 36".
Evergreen 747-212B N482EV
Southern Air Boeing 747-2L5B N815SA first flew on December 5, 1980. Its construction number is 22107. It was delivered to Varig as PP-VNC on April 5, 1981. CAthay Pacific acquired it and leased it to Air Hong Kong as VR-HMF. Air HOng Kong registered it as B-HMF on August 5, 1997 and returned it to Cathay Pacific on July 1, 2002. Air Mobility Incorporated bought it on January 9, 2009 and leased it to Southern Air as N815SA on April 20, 2009.
Southern Air Boeing 747-2L5B N815SA Phoenix Sky Harbor December 23 2010: You can buy prints up to 10-2/3" by 16" or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph.
Southern Air Boeing 747-2L5B N815SA
Southern Air Boeing 747-2L5B N815SA
Evergreen International Boeing 747-230B N488EV first flew on June 21, 1985. Its construction number is 23287. It was delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABZA on June 28, 1985. It was transferred to Lufthansa CArgo and converted to a freighter in May 1993. Evergreen International registered it as N488EV on July 11, 2005.
Evergreen International Boeing 747-230B N488EV Phoenix Sky Harbor December 23 2010: You can buy prints up to 10-2/3" by 16" or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph.
Evergreen International Boeing 747-230B N488EV
Evergreen International Boeing 747-230B N488EV Phoenix Sky Harbor December 23 2010: You can buy prints up to 10-2/3" by 16" or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph.
General Electric 747-121 N747GE flies over the Saline Valley on April 9, 2010.
NASA Boeing 747SP N747NA Stratospheric Observatory for Infra-red Astronomy (SOFIA) flew a racetrack pattern with an F-16 Fighting Falcon chase plane over the Saline Valley on April 9, 2010.
Boeing 747 Carrier Aircraft N911NA took off with the Space Shuttle Discovery at 6:20 AM PDT on Sunday morning for the ferry flight to the Kennedy Space Center. The first stop will be at Amarillo, Texas. The pair will continue to Naval Air Station Fort Worth, Texas later in the day. They will make the third leg of the flight tomorrow.
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The Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale was dedicated on April 9, 2009. It houses a fleet of NASA airplanes: Gulfstream III N803NA, Beechcraft Super King Air N7NA, Boeing 747SP N747NA Stratospheric Observatory For Infra-red Astronomy (SOFIA), Dpig;as DC-8-72 N817NA, Lockheed ER-2 N809NA, and Boeing 747-SCA N911NA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
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Bad weather caused the Space shuttle Endeavour to divert to Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of STS-126 on November 30. It was the 52nd Space Shuttle mission to land at Edwards. High winds hampered the effort to mount it on the 747 Carrier Aircraft, so the departure to the Kennedy Space Center was postponed until Wednesday, December 10.
747-SCA N911NA took off at 7:10.
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SOFIA at Edwards Air Force Base on September 26, 2007.
747-121 N747GE prepares to depart from Victorville to Fairbanks, Alaska on August 5, 2007.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis departed from Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base on 747 Carrier Aircraft NASA Nine Zero Five at 6:04 A.M. PDT Sunday, July 1, 2007. It is returning to the Kennedy Space Center. It landed at Rick Husband Amarillo International airport, Texas two hours later. It continued to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, arriving at 2:46 PM CDT. It departed from Offut AFB at 7:43 AM CDT on Monday, July 2 and landed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky at 9:14 AM CDT. It departed from Fort Campbell at 5:15 AM CDT on Tuesday, July 3 and landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center at 8:24 AM EDT.
Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, N905NA flies under the call sign NASA Nine Zero Five. It is 37 years old. It was originally American Airlines 747-123, N9668. Its Boeing construction number is 20107. It made its first flight on October 15, 1970, and was delivered to American Airlines two weeks later. NASA acquired it on July 18, 1974.
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a Boeing 747SP modified to carry a 2.5 meter diameter infra-red telescope, arrived at Edwards Air Force Base early in the afternoon on May 31, 2007. It will conduct infra-red astronomical observations above most of the water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere.
NASA Boeing 747SP-21, N747NA Clipper Lindbergh. This 747SP-21 carries Boeing construction number 21441. It made its first flight on Apriul 25, 1977. It was delivered to Pan Am as N536PA on May 6, 1977. Pan Am named it Clipper Lindbergh. United Airlines bought it on February 13, 1986. United changed its registration to N145UA on November 1, 1986. It made its last revenue flight, and the last scheduled revenue flight of a 747SP in the United States, on October 17, 1994. It was withdrawn from use and parked at Oakland on October 18, 1994. It was ferried to Las Vegas on or before November 1, 1995. NASA bought it on January 1, 1997. It was ferried to San Francisco on February 17, 1997 and repainted with new titles identifying it as SOFIA on February 20. It entered a hangar at Waco, Texas for paint stripping and maintenance on May 1, 1999. The registration N747NA was reserved for it on December 17, 2004. It made its first flight after modification on April 26, 2007. After a series of local flights in the vicinity of Waco, it was ferried to its new home at the Dryden Flight Research Center.
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center released the following statement:
The heavily modified Boeing 747SP was ferried to Dryden May 31 from Waco, Texas, where L-3 Communications Integrated Systems installed a German-built 2.5-meter infrared telescope and made other major modifications over the past several years. SOFIA will undergo installation and integration of mission systems and a multi-phase flight test program at Dryden over the next three years that is expected to lead to a full operational capability to conduct astronomy missions in about 2010. During its expected 20-year lifetime, SOFIA will be capable of "Great Observatory" class astronomical science, providing astronomers with access to the visible, infrared and sub-millimeter spectrum with optimized performance in the mid-infrared to sub-millimeter range.
Boeing VC-25A 92-9000 carried the body of former President Gerald Ford from Palm Springs to Andrews Air Force Base on Saturday, December 30, 2006.
The VC-25A took off from Runway 13 at 10:18 AM PST.
VC-25A 92-9000 was originally assigned Air Forcce serial 86-8900, but it was reserialed to continue the sequence of presidential transport serials: 62-6000, 72-7000... Its construction number is 23824. It first flew as N1788B on May 16, 1987. It was delivered to the Air Force on August 23, 1990.
NASA Boeing 747-123 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA.
On Wednesday May 31, the Evergreen International 747-273C Supertanker N470EV flew from Boise, Idaho to the San Bernardino Airport with a load of 20,000 gallons of water that it dropped in a demonstration of its potential as a firefighter. This was the final demonstration in a tour that took the Supertanker to Sacramento California, the Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland, Scott Air Force Base Illinois, Tallahassee Florida, and Boise.
The Supertanker dropped its load of water across the airport along taxiway Bravo.
Atlas Air Boeing 747-2D7B N526MC carries construction number 22337. It was delivered to Thai Airways as HS-TGF on September 24, 1980. Atlas Air acquired it in November 1996. Subsequently, it was placed into storage at Roswell, New Mexico on April 11, 2010.
Boeing 747-Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N911NA was delivered to Japan Airlines as 747-SR46 JA8117 on September 26, 1973. NASA acquired it on October 27, 1988.
The Space Shuttle Discovery departed from Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base on 747 Carrier Aircraft NASA Nine Zero Five at 8:31 A.M. PDT Friday, August 19, 2005. It is returning to the Kennedy Space Center. It landed at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma at 1:31 P.M. CDT. It arrived at Barksdale Air Force Base at 5:46 P.M. The shuttle remained at Barksdale Air Force Base on Saturday and continued to the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, arriving at 10:00 A.M. EDT.
Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, N905NA flies under the call sign NASA Nine Zero Five. It is 35 years old. It was originally American Airlines 747-123, N9668. Its Boeing construction number is 20107. It made its first flight on October 15, 1970, and was delivered to American Airlines two weeks later. NASA acquired it on July 18, 1974. Discovery's official designation is OV-103. It is 22 years old. It departed from Edwards Air Force Base on this 747 Carrier Aircraft on November 9, 1983. It made its first orbital flight, STS-41D, on August 30, 1984. STS-114 was its thirty-first orbital mission.
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Tower Airlines 747-131 N608FF is missing the upper half of its fuselage now. It carried Boeing construction number 19672. It was originally delivered to TWA as N93106 on April 3, 1970. It was withdrawn from use on March 24, 1992. Tower Air acquired it on March 25, 1992 and gave it its current registration. Tower retired it on May 18, 1997. It arrived at Victorville on August 25, 2000.
Former Tower Air 747-131 N608FF is being broken up. It carries Boeing construction number 19672. It was originally delivered to TWA as N93106 on April 3, 1970. It was withdrawn from use on March 24, 1992. Tower Air acquired it on March 25, 1992 and gave it its current registration. Tower retired it on May 18, 1997. It arrived at Victorville on August 25, 2000.
All that is left of former Tower Air 747-282B N611FF is its tail. It carried Boeing construction number 20502. It was originally delivered to TAP as CS-TJB on May 17, 1972. TWA acquired it on October 30, 1984 and re-registered it as N302TW. It was withdrawn from use at Kansas City on October 24, 1992. Tower Air initially leased it on April 16, 1993 and then bought it and gave it its last registration in October 1996. Tower retired it on May 18, 1997. It arrived at Victorville on September 12, 2000.
Former Tower Air 747-131 N608FF.
title"747-123 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA, Edwards Air Force Base, October 24, 2003"
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NASA Boeing 747-Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA.
NASA Boeing 747-Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA.
General Electric's Boeing 747-121 engine testbed N747GE made three passes over the Saline Valley while it was testing a 115,000-pound thrust GE90-115B engine. Note the large contrail issuing from the number 2 engine and the very small contrail from the number 4 engine.
The 747 with
the Discovery lifted off after a roll of nearly two miles.
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747-124 N602FF first flew on July 2, 1970. It was delivered to Continental Airlines as N26862 in July 1970. It was withdrawn from service and stored in January 1974. Boeing purchased the 747-124 in October 1975. It was to be sold to the Imperial Iranian Air Force, but it was not taken up. Boeing re-registered it as N747AV in September 1976 and leased it to Avianca Columbia that November. It was re-registered as HK-2000 by Avianca in December 1976 and named "Eldorado". Avianca returned it to Boeing in January 1983. The next month, Boeing Equipment Holding Corporation (BEHC) re-registered it as N747BA. They leased it to Scandinavian Airlines System in August 1983. Scandinavian sub-leased it to Air Algerie. It was returned to Boeing in October 1983. BEHC leased it directly to Air Algerie from December 1983 to January 1984. It was leased to Tower Air in May 1984. It was re-registered as N602FF in November 1984. Tower purchased it in October 1985. They leased it to Air Jamaica from July 1987 to May 1988 and Air Europe from May 1989 to February 1990. It was leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines on March 27, 1997. It was returned to Tower Air on September 14, 1998. It was broken up in October 2001.
747-SR-46F N477EV was first delivered as a 747-Short Range, JA8120 to Japan Airlines. The 747-SR was tailored for the high density, short range flights typical of Japan. JAL installed seating for up to 550 passengers that version of the 747. Evergreen International Airlines bought it and re-registered it in April 1990. They converted it to a freighter in February 1991.
The space shuttle orbiter Columbia OV-102 was delivered to Air Force Plant 42 at Palmdale, California on Saturday, September 25, 1999 on the back of Boeing 747-123 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) N905NA. It was housed at Boeing's Orbiter Assembly Facility during an eightteen-month orbiter maintenance down period.
Shuttle Columbia arrived at Air Force Plant 42 shortly after 10:00 A. M. It had made low passes over NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base and Fox Field, west of Lancaster. For a moment, the 747-SCA N905NA was handed off to the Fox Field tower by Joshua Control.
Boeing 747-222B N152UA at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdae, California on August 26, 1999. It belonged to United Airlines, but had the airline's name covered over. It first flew on March 1, 1987. Its construction number is 23737. It was delivered to United on April 2, 1987. Northwest registered it as N645NW on July 3, 2000. It was merged into the Delta fleet on October 29, 2008. Kalitta Air acquired it on August 19, 2010 and registered it as N739CK on November 3, 2010. The Cargo Airline registered it as 4L-GEL on June 9, 2017.
747-121 General Electric GE90 Engine Testbed, N747GE over Kramer Junction, California on August 24, 1999. For a number of years, General Electric has used a former Pan Am 747-121 as an engine testbed. General Electric's 747-121 Engine Testbed carries construction number 19651 and was the 25th 747 off the production line. It first flew on March 3, 1970. It was delivered to Pan Am as N744PA Clipper Star of the Union on March 21, 1970. It was later rechristened Clipper Ocean Spray. Pan Am retired it on December 4, 1991. General Electric leased it and registered it as N747GE on March 9, 1992. A variety of engines have been tested on its number-2 pylon, including the GE90-115 and the CF34. It was based at the Mojave Airport for several years before its operations were transferred to the Southern California Air Logistics Center at Victorville in 2002. It is the oldest 747 that is still flown.
Over Kramer Junction, California on August 24, 1999.
Over Kramer Junction, California on August 24, 1999.
Soldiers returning from the Gulf War were
transported in Northwest Airlines 747-251 N625US Desert Storm I. It is seen at Los Angeles
International Airport on April 28, 1991. It was delivered to
Northwest Airlines in June 1979.
United 747SP N145UA at Los Angeles on January 20, 1989. It first flew on Apriul 25, 1977. It was delivered to Pan Am as N536PA on May 6, 1977. Pan Am named it Clipper Lindbergh. United Airlines bought it on February 13, 1986. United changed its registration to N145UA on November 1, 1986. It made its last revenue flight, and the last scheduled revenue flight of a 747SP in the United States, on October 17, 1994. It was withdrawn from use and parked at Oakland on October 18, 1994. It was ferried to Las Vegas on or before November 1, 1995. NASA bought it on January 1, 1997. It was ferried to San Francisco on February 17, 1997 and repainted with new titles identifying it as SOFIA on February 20. It entered a hangar at Waco, Texas for paint stripping and maintenance on May 1, 1999. The registration N747NA was reserved for it on December 17, 2004. It made its first flight after modification on April 26, 2007. After a series of local flights in the vicinity of Waco, it was ferried to its new home at the Dryden Flight Research Center.
Enterprise was displayed at the Vandenberg Air Force Base Airshow on the back of 747-SCA, N905NA on November 14, 1984. The pair had been displayed at the Paris Airshow at le Bourget Aerodrome in 1983. NASA repainted N905NA white with a blue stripe in preparation for its international debut.
747-SCA N905NA was displayed at the Edwards Air Force Base Open House on September 20, 1981.
747 Jumbo Jet prototype N7470 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California on October 28, 1979.
At the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center with NB-52B Stratofortress, 52-0008 on October 28, 1979.
Space Shuttle Columbia, OV-102 was delivered to NASA from Edwards Air Force Base on March 20, 1979.
Work on the thermal protection system of Columbia was not yet completed.
Three weeks after the last ALT flight, Enterprise was displayed at the Edwards Air Force Base Open House mounted on the back of the 747-SCA.
The fourth Approach and Landing Test was flown on October 12, 1977. It was the first of two glide flights that the Enterprise made without the streamlined tailcone. Joe Engle and Richard Truly piloted the Enterprise on a two-minute descent of 20,000 feet. This time the shuttle was launched to the north of the lakebed. and it flew a straight in approach that lasted just two minutes.
747-SCA, N905NA takes off from Runway 04 with Enterprise. Runway 04 was used for this flight because it leads onto Rogers Dry Lake. If the new configuration of Enterprise caused any unexpected problems after take-off, the piggyback stack could be landed straight ahead on the lakebed.
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The first Approach and Landing Test was flown on August 12, 1977. It was the first of three glide flights that Enterprise made with the streamlined tailcone installed. Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton piloted the shuttle on a four minute flight.
Boeing 747-SCA, N905NA takes off from Runway 22 with Enterprise at the beginning of the first Approach and Landing Test (ALT-1) at 8:00 A.M. on August 12, 1977. The American Airlines heritage of the 747-SCA was still apparent. Its Boeing construction number is 20107. It made its first flight on October 15, 1970 and was delivered to American Airlines as 747-123, N9668 two weeks later. NASA acquired it on July 18, 1974. Before modifying it to carry space shuttles, NASA used it in a series of wake vortex tests to evaluate the dangers of small airplanes flying close behind jumbo jets. N905NA flies under the call sign NASA Nine Oh Five.
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747 Jumbo Jet prototype, N1352B at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington on June 18, 1973. It first flew as N7470 on February 9, 1969. It carries construction number 20235. On July 1, 1970 it was registered as N1352B. It was equipped with General Electric CF-6 engines to investigate the option of offering customers an alternative to the Pratt & Whitney JT-9D engine. Operators of CF-6 powered DC-10s wanted to reduce the variety of different engine types that they had to maintain. The 747 prototype was re-registered as N7470 on April 16, 1975.
Continental 747-124 N26862 first flew on July 2, 1970. It was delivered to Continental Airlines as N26862 in July 1970. It was withdrawn from service and stored in January 1974. Boeing purchased the 747-124 in October 1975. It was to be sold to the Imperial Iranian Air Force, but it was not taken up. Boeing re-registered it as N747AV in September 1976 and leased it to Avianca Columbia that November. It was re-registered as HK-2000 by Avianca in December 1976 and named "Eldorado". Avianca returned it to Boeing in January 1983. The next month, Boeing Equipment Holding Corporation (BEHC) re-registered it as N747BA. They leased it to Scandinavian Airlines System in August 1983. Scandinavian sub-leased it to Air Algerie. It was returned to Boeing in October 1983. BEHC leased it directly to Air Algerie from December 1983 to January 1984. It was leased to Tower Air in May 1984. It was re-registered as N602FF in November 1984. Tower purchased it in October 1985. They leased it to Air Jamaica from July 1987 to May 1988 and Air Europe from May 1989 to February 1990. It was leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines on March 27, 1997. It was returned to Tower Air on September 14, 1998. It was broken up in October 2001. It can be seen in Tower Air livery on January 6, 2000 on the display above.
Giant Jet Airplanes |
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| First Flight | Wing Span | Length | Wing Area (ft2) | Gross Weight (lbs) | Engines | |
| Boeing 777-9 | 2018 |
235ft 5in |
251ft 9in |
5,025 |
775,000 |
2 × 105,000 lb General Electric GE9X-105B1A |
| Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch | 2018 |
385ft |
238ft |
? |
1,300,000 |
6 × 56,750 lb Pratt & Whitney PW4056 |
| Boeing 747-8 Jumbo Jet | 2010 |
224ft,07in |
250ft,02in |
5,960 |
975,000 |
4 x 66,500 GEnx-2B67 |
| Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner | 2009 |
197ft, 03in |
206ft |
3,501 |
545,000 |
2 x 71,000 lb General Electric GEnx or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 |
| Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner | 2009 |
197ft, 03in |
186ft |
3,501 |
502,500 |
2 x 64,000 lb General Electric GEnx or Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 |
| Airbus A380 | 2005 |
261ft,10in |
239ft,06in |
9,100 |
1,235,000 |
4 x 84,000 lb RR Trent 900 or Engine Alliance GP-7200 |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 2003 |
212ft,07in |
242ft,04in |
4,700 |
775,000 |
2 x 115,300 lb GE90-115B |
| Airbus A340-600 | 2001 |
208ft,02in |
247ft,01in |
4,729 |
811,300 |
4 x 56,000 lb RR Trent 556 |
| Boeing 777-200 | 1994 |
209ft,01in |
199ft,11in |
4,605 |
545,000 |
2 x 74,000 lb PW4074, GE90-75B, or RR Trent 875 |
| Airbus A330-300 | 1992 |
197ft,10in |
208ft,10in |
3,892 |
507,000 |
2 x 51,590 lb GE CF6-80E, PW4000, or RR Trent 700 |
| Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet | 1988 |
211ft,05in |
231ft,10in |
5,650 |
833,000 |
4 x 45,000 PW4062 or GE CF6-80C2B1F |
| Antonov An-225 Mryia | 1988 |
290ft,00in |
275ft,07in |
10,280 |
1,300,000 |
6 x 51,590 lb DT-18T |
| Antonov An-124 Ruslan | 1984 |
240ft,00in |
227ft,00in |
6,760 |
890,000 |
4 x 51,590 lb DT-18T |
| Tupolev 160 Blackjack | 1981 | 182ft, 09in | 177ft, 06in | 3,660 | 606,000 | 4 x 50,900 lb NK-321 |
| Lockheed C-5A Galaxy | 1968 |
222ft,08in |
247ft,10in |
6,200 |
769,000 |
4 x 50,000 lb GE TF-39 |
| Boeing 747-100 Jumbo Jet | 1968 |
195ft,08in |
231ft,04in |
5,500 |
850,000 |
4 x 50,000 lb P&W JT9D |
| Antonov An-22 Antheus | 1965 |
211ft,04in |
189ft,07in |
3,713 |
550,000 |
4 x 15,000 shp Kuznetsov NK-12MV |
| North American XB-70A Valkyrie | 1964 |
105ft,00in |
189ft,00in |
6,297 |
530,000 |
6 x 33,000,lb J-93 |
| Boeing B-52 Stratofortress | 1952 |
185ft,00in |
157ft,07in |
4,000 |
450,000 |
8 x 8,000 lb J-57 |
| Convair YB-60 | 1952 |
206ft,05in |
175ft,02in |
5,239 |
410,000 |
8 x 8,000 lb J-57 |
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Coulson Flying Tankers Martin JRM C-FLYL Hawaii Mars, Lake Elsinore, California, October 27, 2007,
NASA Boeing 747-123 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA/Endeavour, Edwards Air Force Base, December 10, 2008,
Lockheed C-5B Galaxy 87-0032, Nellis Air Force Base, April 25, 1997,
Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 RA-82068, Phoenix, Sky Harbor, June 15, 2016,
Saudi Arabian Boeing 777-368ER HZ-AK17, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
Delta Boeing 747-451 N668US, Phoenix Sky Harbor, January 8, 2016,
Antonov An-225 Mriya UR82060, Zhukovsky, Russia, September 3, 1993,
American Airbus A330-323 N273AY, Phoenix Sky Harbor, December 20, 2017,
Virgin Atalntic Airbus A340-642 G-VWKD, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
Asiana Airbus A380-800 HL7625, Los Angeles International Airport, May 3, 2016,
Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 D-ABYK, Los Angeles International Airport, January 19, 2015,
All Nippon Airlines Boeing 787-9 JA837A, Phoenix Sky Harbor, January 28, 2018,
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A dozen photos of 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Events depicted include:
747-SCA N905NA/Enterprise Approach and Landing Test 1 take-off on August 12, 1977.
747-SCA N905NA/Enterprise Approach and Landing Test 4 take-off on October 12, 1977.
747-SCA N905NA/Columbia delivery take-off on March 20, 1979.
747-SCA N905NA/Challenger static and departure take-off on July 4, 1982.
747-SCA N911NA/Endeavor delivery take-off from Palmdale on May 2, 1991.
747-SCA N905NA/Columbia landing at Palmdale on September 25, 1999.
747-SCA N905NA/Discovery take-off on November 2, 2000.
747-SCA N905NA/Atlantis take-off on July 1, 2007.
747-SCA N911NA/Endeavor take-off on December 10, 2008.
747-SCA N911NA/Discovery take-off on September 20, 2009.
747-SCA N905NA/Endeavor flyover at LAX, September 21, 2012.
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Bad weather caused the Space shuttle Endeavour to divert to Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of STS-126 on November 30, 2007. Following servicing in the Mate/Demate Device, it departed from Edwards on the back of 747 Carrier Aircraft N911NA on December 10.
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A dozen photographs of the Space Shuttle Discovery at Edwards Air Force Base. Bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center caused the Space shuttle Discovery to divert to Edwards Air Force Base at the conclusion of mission STS-128 on September 11, 2009. Following servicing in the Mate/Demate Device, it departed from Edwards on the back of 747 Carrier Aircraft N911NA on September 20.
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A dozen photos of Space Shuttle Endeavour's Final Flights. Boeing 747-Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA and Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived at Edwards Air Force Base from Biggs Army Airfield on September 20, 2012. The pair were placed on static display at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center that afternoon. The 747/Shuttle stack departed from Edwards Air Force Base on the morning of September 21. It toured California and several landmarks in the LA Basin. It made two low passes over Los Angeles International Airport before making its final landing. The 747-SCA was flown to Edwards Air Force Base on September 24 where it was retired. The Endeavour ison display at the California Science Center.
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