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However, some of the engineering work on the 747SP was reused with the development of the 747-300. In the 747SP, the upper deck begins over the section of fuselage that contains the wing box, not ahead of the wing box (as is the case with the 747-100 and 747-200). This same design was used in the 747-300 and newer 747-400, resulting in a ...
The 747SP was the only 747 model with a shortened fuselage The development of the 747SP stemmed from a joint request between Pan American World Airways and Iran Air , who were looking for a high-capacity airliner with enough range to cover Pan Am's New York–Middle Eastern routes and Iran Air's planned Tehran–New York route.
The 747-8 was the first lengthened 747 to go into production and the second 747 version with a fuselage of modified length after the shortened 747SP. The 747-8 was intended to use the same engine and cockpit technology as that of the 787, including the General Electric GEnx turbofan and fly-by-wire ailerons and spoilers. [9]
A total of 2,300,000 pounds (1,000,000 kg) of cargo was carried in two under-wing pods and fuselage. The RC-1 would have been roughly twice the size and mass of the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft built, but would have carried about five times the payload. [a] The RC-1 was designed in the early 1970s.
The first Boeing 747 to land at Wellington Airport, a Qantas Boeing 747SP, touches down in 1981. Because of the runway limitations, Qantas introduced Boeing 747SPs on flights between Wellington and Australia in 1981; the 747SP has a much shorter fuselage than other 747 variants.
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters.One (N905NA) is a 747-100 model, while the other (N911NA) is a short-range 747-100SR.
Airline supplier Spirit Aerosystems says it's aware of a quality issue involving elongated fastener holes on the aft pressure bulkhead on certain models of the 737 fuselage it produces. “Boeing ...
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D high-bypass turbofan engine was developed for the Boeing 747. The JT9D program was launched in September 1965 and the first engine was tested in December 1966.