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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
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.