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The Boeing Dreamlifter, officially the 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), is a wide-body cargo aircraft modified extensively from the Boeing 747-400 airliner. With a volume of 65,000 cubic feet (1,840 m 3 ) [ 1 ] it can hold three times that of a 747-400F freighter. [ 2 ]
The Boeing 707 remained in the fleet for only a few years and was replaced by the higher-payload Douglas DC-8, the largest civilian airliner until the Boeing 747 entered service. The first Douglas DC-8-63F, registered as N779FT, was delivered to the airline on June 26, 1968, and the other eighteen followed until 1972.
An Atlas Air Boeing 747-400F departing Hong Kong. Boeing 747-8F N863GT, the last 747 ever built, on the taxiway at Schiphol Airport An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8F lines up on Runway 27 at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport as one of the airline's 747-400Fs lands on Runway 18C.
A Boeing 747-8 Freighter of UPS Airlines, its largest operator. The 747-400 and earlier versions had proven to be a very popular freighter, carrying around half of the world's air freight. [129] To maintain this position, Boeing designed a freight variant of the 747-8, named the 747-8 Freighter or 747-8F.
Polar Air Cargo Fleet Aircraft In Fleet Orders Notes Boeing 747-400F: 2 — Operated for Atlas Air: Boeing 747-8F: 6 — Boeing 767-300ERF: 2 — Dry-leased to customers 2 Operated for Atlas Air: Boeing 777F: 2 — Dry-leased to customers 8 Operated for Atlas Air: Total 22 —
On Thursday, the Seattle planemaker announced that Azerbaijani cargo airline Silk Way Airlines has ordered two 747-8 freighter aircraft, valued at $704 million Boeing Books 747-8 Freighter Sales ...
Boeing's 747-400LCF Dreamlifter has flown its first COVID-19 airlift mission, flying 1.5 million medical face masks from Hong Kong to South Carolina. The Dreamlifter is one of the largest cargo ...
The same year, Southern Air gradually retired its fleet of Boeing 747-200, 747-300 and 747-400BDSF models. [3] On 28 September 2012, Southern Air filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and emerged from bankruptcy in early 2013. In 2014, Southern Air took delivery of five 737-400SF passenger-to-cargo converted aircraft. [4]