18 results found
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 18 September 2011 |
| Photo by: | Udo HaafkeContact |
| Photo ID: | 654408Submit Correction |
| View count: | 64 |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 18 September 2011 |
| Photo by: | Udo HaafkeContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 18 September 2011 |
| Photo by: | Udo HaafkeContact |
| Photo ID: | 654408Submit Correction |
| View count: | 64 |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 18 September 2011 |
| Photo by: | Udo HaafkeContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Fleet number: | 8645 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 5 September 1994 |
| Photo by: | Javier RodríguezContact |
| Photo ID: | 579551Submit Correction |
| View count: | 106 |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 5 September 1994 |
| Photo by: | Javier RodríguezContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Fleet number: | 8645 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 5 September 1994 |
| Photo by: | Javier RodríguezContact |
| Photo ID: | 579551Submit Correction |
| View count: | 106 |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 5 September 1994 |
| Photo by: | Javier RodríguezContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Fleet number: | 8645 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 14 June 1992 |
| Photo by: | Lewis GrantContact |
| Photo ID: | 566285Submit Correction |
| View count: | 106 |
Previously Pan Am's N536PA. The airframe later became NASA's N747NA, used in the SOFIA program, retired in 2022.
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 14 June 1992 |
| Photo by: | Lewis GrantContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Fleet number: | 8645 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 14 June 1992 |
| Photo by: | Lewis GrantContact |
| Photo ID: | 566285Submit Correction |
| View count: | 106 |
Previously Pan Am's N536PA. The airframe later became NASA's N747NA, used in the SOFIA program, retired in 2022.
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 14 June 1992 |
| Photo by: | Lewis GrantContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Photo ID: | 487445Submit Correction |
| View count: | 402 |
Photographer Aaron Murphy. Last fly-by of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) after a circuit over the town.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Photo ID: | 487445Submit Correction |
| View count: | 402 |
Photographer Aaron Murphy. Last fly-by of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) after a circuit over the town.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Photo ID: | 487272Submit Correction |
| View count: | 202 |
Photographer Aaron Murphy. Departure of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) from Christchurch on its last visit here.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Photo ID: | 487272Submit Correction |
| View count: | 202 |
Photographer Aaron Murphy. Departure of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) from Christchurch on its last visit here.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Photo ID: | 487269Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1525 |
Photographer Aaron Murphy. Fly-by of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) on departure.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Photo ID: | 487269Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1525 |
Photographer Aaron Murphy. Fly-by of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) on departure.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Christchurch - International (NZCH / CHC)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | December 2009 |
| Photo by: | Raymond RivardContact |
| Photo ID: | 473593Submit Correction |
| View count: | 279 |
SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | December 2009 |
| Photo by: | Raymond RivardContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | December 2009 |
| Photo by: | Raymond RivardContact |
| Photo ID: | 473593Submit Correction |
| View count: | 279 |
SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | December 2009 |
| Photo by: | Raymond RivardContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Fleet number: | 8645 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 3 April 1991 |
| Photo by: | LRS747Contact |
| Photo ID: | 367656Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1469 |
Delivered new to PanAm as N536PA 6th May 1977 and transferred to United 13th Feb 1986, then re-registered N145UA Nov 1986 and withdrawn from use 20th Oct 1994. After a long period of storage at KLAS (Las Vegas) it was sold to NASA 20th Oct 1997 and re-registered N747NA 8th Apr 2005
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 3 April 1991 |
| Photo by: | LRS747Contact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Fleet number: | 8645 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 3 April 1991 |
| Photo by: | LRS747Contact |
| Photo ID: | 367656Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1469 |
Delivered new to PanAm as N536PA 6th May 1977 and transferred to United 13th Feb 1986, then re-registered N145UA Nov 1986 and withdrawn from use 20th Oct 1994. After a long period of storage at KLAS (Las Vegas) it was sold to NASA 20th Oct 1997 and re-registered N747NA 8th Apr 2005
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 3 April 1991 |
| Photo by: | LRS747Contact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 24 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Dan StijovichContact |
| Photo ID: | 344736Submit Correction |
| View count: | 374 |
SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) 747SP departs AF Plant 42 off runway 25
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 24 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Dan StijovichContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 24 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Dan StijovichContact |
| Photo ID: | 344736Submit Correction |
| View count: | 374 |
SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) 747SP departs AF Plant 42 off runway 25
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 24 January 2017 |
| Photo by: | Dan StijovichContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Photo ID: | 342955Submit Correction |
| View count: | 509 |
Starting push-back 45 minutes before departure, with many long checklists to be run. On 21 May 2007, shortly after its first flight as SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (following nearly 10 years on the ground) the aircraft was named Clipper Lindbergh. This in turn was 30 years and one day after the same happened for the first time, on the 50th anniversary of Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing. The name was not carried during its time with United.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Photo ID: | 342955Submit Correction |
| View count: | 509 |
Starting push-back 45 minutes before departure, with many long checklists to be run. On 21 May 2007, shortly after its first flight as SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (following nearly 10 years on the ground) the aircraft was named Clipper Lindbergh. This in turn was 30 years and one day after the same happened for the first time, on the 50th anniversary of Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing. The name was not carried during its time with United.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Photo ID: | 340313Submit Correction |
| View count: | 313 |
Departing after sunset for an 8.5h flight between Berlin and the Azores, up to FL430. The rear fuselage of this former PanAm and United 747SP was heavily modified for the in-flight opening doors, large enough to let the more than 2.5m diameter telescope of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) do its work.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Photo ID: | 340313Submit Correction |
| View count: | 313 |
Departing after sunset for an 8.5h flight between Berlin and the Azores, up to FL430. The rear fuselage of this former PanAm and United 747SP was heavily modified for the in-flight opening doors, large enough to let the more than 2.5m diameter telescope of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) do its work.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Photo ID: | 340296Submit Correction |
| View count: | 941 |
Putting it very much simplified, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, consists of a German telescope in a NASA aircraft. The 747SP as a platform allows for 10 hour missions typically at 41,000ft or more, above almost all water vapour that would block parts of infrared light. SOFIA was decommissioned the following year, flying its last mission out of Palmdale, CA in the night of 27 and 28 September 2022.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Photo ID: | 340296Submit Correction |
| View count: | 941 |
Putting it very much simplified, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, consists of a German telescope in a NASA aircraft. The 747SP as a platform allows for 10 hour missions typically at 41,000ft or more, above almost all water vapour that would block parts of infrared light. SOFIA was decommissioned the following year, flying its last mission out of Palmdale, CA in the night of 27 and 28 September 2022.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Cologne / Bonn (EDDK / CGN)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 24 February 2021 |
| Photo by: | Erik SleutelbergContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Stuttgart (EDDS / STR)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 20 September 2019 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Photo ID: | 267131Submit Correction |
| View count: | 570 |
The SOFIA aircraft, Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Stuttgart (EDDS / STR)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 20 September 2019 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Stuttgart (EDDS / STR)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 20 September 2019 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Photo ID: | 267131Submit Correction |
| View count: | 570 |
The SOFIA aircraft, Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy.
| Registration / Serial: | N747NA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration / DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt |
| City / Airport: | Stuttgart (EDDS / STR)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | 20 September 2019 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N536PA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - Pan Am |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 August 1985 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 220241Submit Correction |
| View count: | 369 |
Delivered new to PAA in 05.77. To United Airlines as N145UA in 1986.
| Registration / Serial: | N536PA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - Pan Am |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 August 1985 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Registration / Serial: | N536PA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - Pan Am |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 August 1985 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Photo ID: | 220241Submit Correction |
| View count: | 369 |
Delivered new to PAA in 05.77. To United Airlines as N145UA in 1986.
| Registration / Serial: | N536PA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - Pan Am |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 August 1985 |
| Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1994 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Photo ID: | 204967Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1522 |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1994 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1994 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Photo ID: | 204967Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1522 |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1994 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1990 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Photo ID: | 203518Submit Correction |
| View count: | 881 |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1990 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1990 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Photo ID: | 203518Submit Correction |
| View count: | 881 |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1990 |
| Photo by: | Günter SchützeContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N536PA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - Pan Am |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Munich - Riem (EDDM / MUC) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | May 1980 |
| Photo by: | Gerhard PlomitzerContact |
| Photo ID: | 127930Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1108 |
Clipper 'Lindbergh' is just starting the take off roll on RWY 25. Nowadays this aircraft is the NASA/DLR 'Sofia' research platform.
| Registration / Serial: | N536PA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - Pan Am |
| City / Airport: | Munich - Riem (EDDM / MUC) (closed)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | May 1980 |
| Photo by: | Gerhard PlomitzerContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N536PA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - Pan Am |
| Aircraft Name: | Clipper Lindbergh |
| City / Airport: | Munich - Riem (EDDM / MUC) (closed)Map |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | May 1980 |
| Photo by: | Gerhard PlomitzerContact |
| Photo ID: | 127930Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1108 |
Clipper 'Lindbergh' is just starting the take off roll on RWY 25. Nowadays this aircraft is the NASA/DLR 'Sofia' research platform.
| Registration / Serial: | N536PA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | Pan American World Airways - Pan Am |
| City / Airport: | Munich - Riem (EDDM / MUC) (closed)Map | Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | May 1980 |
| Photo by: | Gerhard PlomitzerContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 17 July 1993 |
| Photo by: | Fergal GoodmanContact |
| Photo ID: | 79116Submit Correction |
| View count: | 2653 |
This was the only United 747SP to wear these colours.
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 17 July 1993 |
| Photo by: | Fergal GoodmanContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 747 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 747SP |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 17 July 1993 |
| Photo by: | Fergal GoodmanContact |
| Photo ID: | 79116Submit Correction |
| View count: | 2653 |
This was the only United 747SP to wear these colours.
| Registration / Serial: | N145UA |
| Aircraft Version: | Boeing 747SP-21 |
| C/n (msn): | 21441 / 306 |
| Operator Titles: | United Airlines |
| City / Airport: | London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 17 July 1993 |
| Photo by: | Fergal GoodmanContact |