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Imperial Iranian Air Force ♠, now Iran Air Force: 16: 1 B747-100, 1 B747-200M, 10 B747-100F, 4 B747-200F Morocco: Government of Morocco: 2: 1 B747-400, 1 B747-8I Turkey: Government of Turkey: 1: B747-8I Japan: Government of Japan Japanese Air Force One♠ 2: B747-400 Saudi Arabia: Government of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ♠ 2: 1 B747-300, 1 ...
This was due to the 747's low-wing design in comparison to the C-5's high-wing design, and also because the U.S. Air Force would have retained ownership of the C-5, while NASA could own the 747s outright. Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA, still in American Airlines livery, with Enterprise in 1978
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) – Two 747s were modified to carry the Space Shuttle orbiter. The first was a 747-100 (N905NA), and the other was a 747-100SR (N911NA). The first SCA carried the prototype Enterprise during the Approach and Landing Tests in the late 1970s. The two SCA later carried all five operational Space Shuttle orbiters. [219]
The latest nation to take ownership of the Queen of the Skies is Egypt, which was the mystery buyer of an old 747 from Boeing in 2021.
The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting a 10% cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1,000 nautical miles [nmi] (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of additional range.
According to people in the know, Boeing looks like it’s discontinuing its iconic 747 jumbo jet. The news comes from a Bloomberg report that cites “people familiar with the matter,” who say ...
List of space launch system designs; Mother ship This page was last edited on 4 October 2024, at 11:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Boeing declined to detail how many employees worked on the 747 in its final year, but Smith said all were transferred to other jobs or voluntarily retired. The last 747 rolled out on Dec. 7 ...