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As of November 2024, there were 429 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100, 2 747SPs, 16 747-200s, 1 747-300, 258 747-400s, and 151 747-8s. [1] These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.
Boeing 747-100: 5 1970 1977 [56] Lockheed L-1011 TriStar: Early retirement accelerated due to the 1970s energy crisis. Boeing 747-400: 16 2008 2018 Airbus A350-900: Former Northwest Airlines fleet. Last major passenger 747 operator in North America. [57] N661US ship 6301, the first 747-400 is displayed at the Delta Flight Museum. Boeing 767-200 ...
Operated the world's first scheduled DC-10 service (between Los Angeles and Chicago) on August 5, 1971. One damaged as Flight 96. One crashed as Flight 191. [citation needed] McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30: 11 1981 [citation needed] McDonnell Douglas MD-11: 19 1991 2001 Boeing 757-200, Boeing 767-200ER, Boeing 767-300ER, and Boeing 777-200ER.
On April 21, 2017, Kalitta Air retired its final Boeing 747-200F from service. This was one of the relatively few then remaining in service. Twenty-six other Boeing 747 aircraft are still active in Kalitta's fleet. Kalitta Maintenance operates a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility at Oscoda–Wurtsmith Airport in Iosco County, Michigan.
No freighter version of this model was developed, but many 747-100s were converted into freighters as 747-100(SF). [133] The first 747-100(SF) was delivered to Flying Tiger Line in 1974. [134] A total of 168 747-100s were built; 167 were delivered to customers, while Boeing kept the prototype, City of Everett. [135]
The Spirit of Goodyear, one of the iconic Goodyear Blimps. This is a list of airships with a current unexpired Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1] registration.. In 2021, Reader's Digest said that "consensus is that there are about 25 blimps still in existence and only about half of them are still in use for advertising purposes". [2]
A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after making a tandem jump Sunday and landing 13,500 feet (4,100 meters) later at a northern Illinois ...
The United States Air Force used the field extensively during the Korean War; the airport then had no scheduled airline service. Although not its primary base in the area, the Air Force used O'Hare as a fighter base; it was home to the 62nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron flying North American F-86 Sabres from 1950 to 1959. [24]