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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]
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]
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
At the back end of the fuselage there’s still space for an Entourage Area, similar to a premium economy cabin. ... He says there are more than 30 747s in the region flying as private jets ...
Pima Air & Space Museum (003), Air Force Flight Test Center Museum (008) X-15 & X-43A launch from Boeing B-52 mothership Boeing CH-47B Chinook. Rotorcraft Research, Variable Stability Research Rotorcraft project: Retired (2) Ames Research Center, Langley Research Center: It was equipped to fly by wire and had three on board computers.
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.
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 ...
The Boeing 747-8 is the final series of the large, long-range wide-body airliners in the Boeing 747 family from Boeing Commercial Airplanes.The 747-8 is the largest variant of the 747 and Boeing's largest aircraft.