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The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters.One (N905NA) is a 747-100 model, while the other (N911NA) is a short-range 747-100SR.
Spectators observe the arrival of the Space Shuttle Enterprise and its modified 747 transport aircraft at Cologne Bonn Airport, May 20, 1983. May 16-June 12, 1983 Enterprise, tour of the United States, Canada and Europe.
Boeing 747-100SR. Fixed Wing Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: Retired (2) 1977–2012 Armstrong Flight Research Center: Armstrong Flight Research Center: Registered as N905NA (which is a 747-100 model that was acquired from American Airlines in 1974) and N911NA (a 747-100SR model purchased from Japan Airlines in 1988). In 2013, Space Center Houston ...
Boeing developed the SP or "Special Performance" version of the 747 for ultra long range flights, modifying the design of the 747-100 by removing sections of the fuselage and heavily modifying others to reduce weight, thus allowing the 747SP to fly higher, faster and farther non-stop than any other 747 model of the time. [14]
The 747-100 with a range of 4,620 nautical miles (8,556 km), was the original variant launched in 1966. ... Former Pan Am and United Airlines 747SP bought by NASA and ...
English: 3-view of NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. NASA uses two modified Boeing 747 jetliners, originally manufactured for commercial use, as Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). One is a 747-100 model, while the other is designated a 747-100SR (short range).
However, some of the engineering work on the 747SP was reused with the development of the 747-300. In the 747SP, the upper deck begins over the section of fuselage that contains the wing box, not ahead of the wing box (as is the case with the 747-100 and 747-200). This same design was used in the 747-300 and newer 747-400, resulting in a ...
Side view of Boeing 747-100 Breitling Orbiter 3 , first non-stop balloon circumnavigation of Earth (1999). Chicago , the first aircraft to fly around the world (1924)