491 results found
Registration / Serial:60-6935
Alternate Serial:06935
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed A-12/YF-12/M-21/SR-71 Blackbird
Aircraft Version:Lockheed YF-12A
C/n (msn):1002
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Edwards Open House 1977
Photo Date:October 1977
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Photo ID:364098Submit Correction
View count: 664
The sole surviving YF-12A on display at the 1977 Edwards show. During November 1979 it was flown to the AF Museum at Wright-Patterson
Registration / Serial:60-6935
Alternate Serial:06935
Aircraft Version:Lockheed YF-12A
C/n (msn):1002
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:October 1977
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Registration / Serial:60-6935
Alternate Serial:06935
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed A-12/YF-12/M-21/SR-71 Blackbird
Aircraft Version:Lockheed YF-12A
C/n (msn):1002
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Edwards Open House 1977
Photo Date:October 1977
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Photo ID:364098Submit Correction
View count: 664
The sole surviving YF-12A on display at the 1977 Edwards show. During November 1979 it was flown to the AF Museum at Wright-Patterson
Registration / Serial:60-6935
Alternate Serial:06935
Aircraft Version:Lockheed YF-12A
C/n (msn):1002
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:October 1977
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Registration / Serial:N704NA
Fleet number:704
Other Marks:X-14B
Aircraft Original Type:Bell X-14
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell X-14
Aircraft Version:Bell X-14B
C/n (msn):001
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mountain View - Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ / NUQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:NAS Moffett Air Show 1980
Photo Date:17 May 1980
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Photo ID:361288Submit Correction
View count: 1631
Built as X-14 USAF s/n 56-4022. Converted to X-14A (GE J-85 engines) in 1962, and to NASA as N234NA. Converted to X-14B in 1971 and reregistered N704NA by NASA. Retired in 1981.
Registration / Serial:N704NA
Aircraft Version:Bell X-14B
C/n (msn):001
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mountain View - Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ / NUQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 May 1980
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Registration / Serial:N704NA
Fleet number:704
Other Marks:X-14B
Aircraft Original Type:Bell X-14
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell X-14
Aircraft Version:Bell X-14B
C/n (msn):001
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mountain View - Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ / NUQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:NAS Moffett Air Show 1980
Photo Date:17 May 1980
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Photo ID:361288Submit Correction
View count: 1631
Built as X-14 USAF s/n 56-4022. Converted to X-14A (GE J-85 engines) in 1962, and to NASA as N234NA. Converted to X-14B in 1971 and reregistered N704NA by NASA. Retired in 1981.
Registration / Serial:N704NA
Aircraft Version:Bell X-14B
C/n (msn):001
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mountain View - Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ / NUQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 May 1980
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Registration / Serial:54-102
Alternate Serial:40102
Military Code:FH-102
Aircraft Original Type:Republic F-105 Thunderchief
Aircraft Generic Type:Republic F-105 Thunderchief
Aircraft Version:Republic F-105B Thunderchief
C/n (msn):B3
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 October 1959 to 1 January 1960
Photo from:Stephen Miller CollectionContact
Photo ID:360441Submit Correction
View count: 1241
Photographer: Bob Burns. On loan to NASA. Probably at Edwards AFB.
Registration / Serial:54-102
Alternate Serial:40102
Aircraft Version:Republic F-105B Thunderchief
C/n (msn):B3
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 October 1959 to 1 January 1960
Photo from:Stephen Miller CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:54-102
Alternate Serial:40102
Military Code:FH-102
Aircraft Original Type:Republic F-105 Thunderchief
Aircraft Generic Type:Republic F-105 Thunderchief
Aircraft Version:Republic F-105B Thunderchief
C/n (msn):B3
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 October 1959 to 1 January 1960
Photo from:Stephen Miller CollectionContact
Photo ID:360441Submit Correction
View count: 1241
Photographer: Bob Burns. On loan to NASA. Probably at Edwards AFB.
Registration / Serial:54-102
Alternate Serial:40102
Aircraft Version:Republic F-105B Thunderchief
C/n (msn):B3
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 October 1959 to 1 January 1960
Photo from:Stephen Miller CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:N824NA
Alternate Serial:824
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Aircraft Version:Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter
C/n (msn):583D-5735
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:December 1982
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Photo ID:359822Submit Correction
View count: 555
NASA 824 TF-104G (ex 61-3064) seen on one of it's approaches at NAS Miramar that day.
Registration / Serial:N824NA
Alternate Serial:824
Aircraft Version:Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter
C/n (msn):583D-5735
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:December 1982
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Registration / Serial:N824NA
Alternate Serial:824
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Aircraft Version:Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter
C/n (msn):583D-5735
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:December 1982
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Photo ID:359822Submit Correction
View count: 555
NASA 824 TF-104G (ex 61-3064) seen on one of it's approaches at NAS Miramar that day.
Registration / Serial:N824NA
Alternate Serial:824
Aircraft Version:Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter
C/n (msn):583D-5735
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:San Diego - Miramar MCAS (KNKX / NKX)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:December 1982
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Registration / Serial:N807NA
Fleet number:807
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna T-37 Tweety Bird
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna T-37 Tweety Bird
Aircraft Version:Cessna T-37B Tweety Bird
C/n (msn):40566
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mountain View - Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ / NUQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:NAS Moffett Air Show 1980
Photo Date:17 May 1980
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Photo ID:352553Submit Correction
View count: 620
Originally delivered to USAF as 60-0084. On static display at airshow. This a/c was lost on a spin proficiency flight out of Edwards AFB on 8 November 1982.
Registration / Serial:N807NA
Aircraft Version:Cessna T-37B Tweety Bird
C/n (msn):40566
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mountain View - Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ / NUQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 May 1980
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Registration / Serial:N807NA
Fleet number:807
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna T-37 Tweety Bird
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna T-37 Tweety Bird
Aircraft Version:Cessna T-37B Tweety Bird
C/n (msn):40566
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mountain View - Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ / NUQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:NAS Moffett Air Show 1980
Photo Date:17 May 1980
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Photo ID:352553Submit Correction
View count: 620
Originally delivered to USAF as 60-0084. On static display at airshow. This a/c was lost on a spin proficiency flight out of Edwards AFB on 8 November 1982.
Registration / Serial:N807NA
Aircraft Version:Cessna T-37B Tweety Bird
C/n (msn):40566
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mountain View - Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ / NUQ)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 May 1980
Photo by:Bob ThomasContact
Registration / Serial:N968NA
Alternate Serial:65-10402
Military Code:68
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop T-38 Talon
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop T-38 Talon
Aircraft Version:Northrop T-38N Talon
C/n (msn):N5821
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Area:Houston / Space Center Houston [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United StatesAircraft Map
Photo Date:18 October 2015
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Photo ID:351014Submit Correction
View count: 194
On display outside the entrance of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, with N900NA behind.
Registration / Serial:N968NA
Alternate Serial:65-10402
Aircraft Version:Northrop T-38N Talon
C/n (msn):N5821
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Area:Houston / Space Center Houston [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United StatesAircraft Map
Photo Date:18 October 2015
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Registration / Serial:N968NA
Alternate Serial:65-10402
Military Code:68
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop T-38 Talon
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop T-38 Talon
Aircraft Version:Northrop T-38N Talon
C/n (msn):N5821
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Area:Houston / Space Center Houston [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United StatesAircraft Map
Photo Date:18 October 2015
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Photo ID:351014Submit Correction
View count: 194
On display outside the entrance of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, with N900NA behind.
Registration / Serial:N968NA
Alternate Serial:65-10402
Aircraft Version:Northrop T-38N Talon
C/n (msn):N5821
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Area:Houston / Space Center Houston [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Texas, United StatesAircraft Map
Photo Date:18 October 2015
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Registration / Serial:N601NA
Fleet number:601
Other Marks:160607
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed S-3 Viking
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed S-3 Viking
Aircraft Version:Lockheed S-3B Viking
C/n (msn):394A-1187
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Unit Markings:Glenn Research Center
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Event:EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018
Photo Date:24 July 2018
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:348700Submit Correction
View count: 621
This last Viking of 187 built (US Navy 160607) was assigned to the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center in 2004.
Registration / Serial:N601NA
Aircraft Version:Lockheed S-3B Viking
C/n (msn):394A-1187
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Photo Date:24 July 2018
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Registration / Serial:N601NA
Fleet number:601
Other Marks:160607
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed S-3 Viking
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed S-3 Viking
Aircraft Version:Lockheed S-3B Viking
C/n (msn):394A-1187
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Unit Markings:Glenn Research Center
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Event:EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018
Photo Date:24 July 2018
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:348700Submit Correction
View count: 621
This last Viking of 187 built (US Navy 160607) was assigned to the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center in 2004.
Registration / Serial:N601NA
Aircraft Version:Lockheed S-3B Viking
C/n (msn):394A-1187
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Photo Date:24 July 2018
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
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:N418NA
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 204
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell 204/205/210 (H-1/40 Iroquois)
Aircraft Version:Bell UH-1H-II Iroquois
C/n (msn):13467
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Cocoa Beach - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip (KXMR / XMR)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:4 March 2015
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:342539Submit Correction
View count: 1206
NASA based UH-1s at near by Patrick Air Force Base to support Space Shuttle operations from the 1980s. Pictured is former US Army 73-21779, one of three upgraded UH-1H Huey IIs now based at Cape Canaveral. The Huey II combines all new commercial dynamic components with a more powerful Honeywell T53-L-703 engine and upgraded avionics. International Space Station (ISS) resupply and commercial satellite launch missions keep Kennedy Space Center these days and in October 2020 the Hueys began being replaced by new Airbus H135 T3 helicopters.
Registration / Serial:N418NA
Aircraft Version:Bell UH-1H-II Iroquois
C/n (msn):13467
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Cocoa Beach - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip (KXMR / XMR)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:4 March 2015
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Registration / Serial:N418NA
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 204
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell 204/205/210 (H-1/40 Iroquois)
Aircraft Version:Bell UH-1H-II Iroquois
C/n (msn):13467
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Cocoa Beach - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip (KXMR / XMR)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:4 March 2015
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:342539Submit Correction
View count: 1206
NASA based UH-1s at near by Patrick Air Force Base to support Space Shuttle operations from the 1980s. Pictured is former US Army 73-21779, one of three upgraded UH-1H Huey IIs now based at Cape Canaveral. The Huey II combines all new commercial dynamic components with a more powerful Honeywell T53-L-703 engine and upgraded avionics. International Space Station (ISS) resupply and commercial satellite launch missions keep Kennedy Space Center these days and in October 2020 the Hueys began being replaced by new Airbus H135 T3 helicopters.
Registration / Serial:N418NA
Aircraft Version:Bell UH-1H-II Iroquois
C/n (msn):13467
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Cocoa Beach - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip (KXMR / XMR)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:4 March 2015
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Registration / Serial:N926NA
Aircraft Original Type:English Electric Canberra
Aircraft Generic Type:Martin B-57 Canberra
Aircraft Version:Martin WB-57F Canberra
Manufacturers:Martin / General Dynamics
C/n (msn):011
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:2 December 2012
Photo by:Chris LoftingContact
Photo ID:340758Submit Correction
View count: 1351
Registration / Serial:N926NA
Aircraft Version:Martin WB-57F Canberra
C/n (msn):011
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:2 December 2012
Photo by:Chris LoftingContact
Registration / Serial:N926NA
Aircraft Original Type:English Electric Canberra
Aircraft Generic Type:Martin B-57 Canberra
Aircraft Version:Martin WB-57F Canberra
Manufacturers:Martin / General Dynamics
C/n (msn):011
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:2 December 2012
Photo by:Chris LoftingContact
Photo ID:340758Submit Correction
View count: 1351
Registration / Serial:N926NA
Aircraft Version:Martin WB-57F Canberra
C/n (msn):011
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:2 December 2012
Photo by:Chris LoftingContact
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:OV-104
Aircraft Original Type:Rockwell Space Shuttle
Aircraft Generic Type:Rockwell Space Shuttle
Aircraft Version:Rockwell Space Shuttle
C/n (msn):OV-104
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Aircraft Name:Atlantis
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:24 May 2009
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Photo ID:339133Submit Correction
View count: 956
Orbiter OV-104 Atlantis seen on short final to runway 22L at Edwards following the completion of STS-125. This was a mission to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope and used a full crew of seven.
Registration / Serial:OV-104
Aircraft Version:Rockwell Space Shuttle
C/n (msn):OV-104
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:24 May 2009
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Registration / Serial:OV-104
Aircraft Original Type:Rockwell Space Shuttle
Aircraft Generic Type:Rockwell Space Shuttle
Aircraft Version:Rockwell Space Shuttle
C/n (msn):OV-104
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Aircraft Name:Atlantis
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:24 May 2009
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Photo ID:339133Submit Correction
View count: 956
Orbiter OV-104 Atlantis seen on short final to runway 22L at Edwards following the completion of STS-125. This was a mission to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope and used a full crew of seven.
Registration / Serial:OV-104
Aircraft Version:Rockwell Space Shuttle
C/n (msn):OV-104
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:24 May 2009
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Registration / Serial:52-008
Alternate Serial:NASA 008
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (464)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (464)
Aircraft Version:Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress
C/n (msn):16498
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Edwards AFB Open Day 1990
Photo Date:October 1990
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Photo ID:337495Submit Correction
View count: 338
NASA 008 NB-52B on display at the 1990 Edwards Open House. Aircraft now resides at the north gate entrance of Edwards
Registration / Serial:52-008
Alternate Serial:NASA 008
Aircraft Version:Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress
C/n (msn):16498
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:October 1990
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Registration / Serial:52-008
Alternate Serial:NASA 008
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (464)
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (464)
Aircraft Version:Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress
C/n (msn):16498
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Edwards AFB Open Day 1990
Photo Date:October 1990
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Photo ID:337495Submit Correction
View count: 338
NASA 008 NB-52B on display at the 1990 Edwards Open House. Aircraft now resides at the north gate entrance of Edwards
Registration / Serial:52-008
Alternate Serial:NASA 008
Aircraft Version:Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress
C/n (msn):16498
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force / NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:October 1990
Photo by:Dan StijovichContact
Registration / Serial:N712NA
Alternate Registration:NASA 712
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 990
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 990 (Coronado)
Aircraft Version:Convair 990A (30A-8)
C/n (msn):30A-37
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:October 1979
Photo by:Don GilhamContact
Photo ID:336106Submit Correction
View count: 407
Registration / Serial:N712NA
Alternate Registration:NASA 712
Aircraft Version:Convair 990A (30A-8)
C/n (msn):30A-37
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:October 1979
Photo by:Don GilhamContact
Registration / Serial:N712NA
Alternate Registration:NASA 712
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 990
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 990 (Coronado)
Aircraft Version:Convair 990A (30A-8)
C/n (msn):30A-37
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:October 1979
Photo by:Don GilhamContact
Photo ID:336106Submit Correction
View count: 407
Registration / Serial:N712NA
Alternate Registration:NASA 712
Aircraft Version:Convair 990A (30A-8)
C/n (msn):30A-37
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Mildenhall (EGUN / MHZ)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:October 1979
Photo by:Don GilhamContact
Registration / Serial:N911NA
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SR
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SR-46(SCA)
C/n (msn):20781 / 221
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Flight Test Nation 2009
Photo Date:17 October 2009
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Photo ID:334384Submit Correction
View count: 260
Registration / Serial:N911NA
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SR-46(SCA)
C/n (msn):20781 / 221
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 October 2009
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Registration / Serial:N911NA
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SR
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SR-46(SCA)
C/n (msn):20781 / 221
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Flight Test Nation 2009
Photo Date:17 October 2009
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Photo ID:334384Submit Correction
View count: 260
Registration / Serial:N911NA
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SR-46(SCA)
C/n (msn):20781 / 221
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 October 2009
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Registration / Serial:N809NA
Alternate Serial:80-1097
Other Marks:809
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed U-2/TR-1/ER-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed U-2/TR-1/ER-2
Aircraft Version:Lockheed ER-2
C/n (msn):097
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Unit Markings:Dryden Flight Research Center
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Flight Test Nation 2009
Photo Date:17 October 2009
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Photo ID:334327Submit Correction
View count: 358
Registration / Serial:N809NA
Alternate Serial:80-1097
Aircraft Version:Lockheed ER-2
C/n (msn):097
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 October 2009
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Registration / Serial:N809NA
Alternate Serial:80-1097
Other Marks:809
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed U-2/TR-1/ER-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed U-2/TR-1/ER-2
Aircraft Version:Lockheed ER-2
C/n (msn):097
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Unit Markings:Dryden Flight Research Center
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Event:Flight Test Nation 2009
Photo Date:17 October 2009
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Photo ID:334327Submit Correction
View count: 358
Registration / Serial:N809NA
Alternate Serial:80-1097
Aircraft Version:Lockheed ER-2
C/n (msn):097
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:17 October 2009
Photo by:Gerry BarronContact
Registration / Serial:N992NA
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II
Aircraft Generic Type:Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159/G-IV/G-V Gulfstream (C-20/C-37)
Aircraft Version:Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A Gulfstream III
C/n (msn):309
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 September 2014
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Photo ID:332171Submit Correction
View count: 201
Landing with ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst on board after just having returned from the International Space Station (ISS). He will be returned to Germany later in an ADAC Do328 Jet.
Registration / Serial:N992NA
Aircraft Version:Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A Gulfstream III
C/n (msn):309
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 September 2014
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Registration / Serial:N992NA
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II
Aircraft Generic Type:Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159/G-IV/G-V Gulfstream (C-20/C-37)
Aircraft Version:Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A Gulfstream III
C/n (msn):309
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 September 2014
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Photo ID:332171Submit Correction
View count: 201
Landing with ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst on board after just having returned from the International Space Station (ISS). He will be returned to Germany later in an ADAC Do328 Jet.
Registration / Serial:N992NA
Aircraft Version:Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A Gulfstream III
C/n (msn):309
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 September 2014
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Registration / Serial:N905NA
Alternate Registration:NASA 905
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747-100
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747-123(SCA)
C/n (msn):20107 / 86
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal Airpark (KMZJ / MZJ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:19 October 1993
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:332107Submit Correction
View count: 213
Delivered to American as N9668 in 1970. To NASA as N905NA in 1974 and converted to a Space Shuttle transporter. Preserved at NASA Space Center Houston from 2014.
Registration / Serial:N905NA
Alternate Registration:NASA 905
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747-123(SCA)
C/n (msn):20107 / 86
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal Airpark (KMZJ / MZJ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:19 October 1993
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N905NA
Alternate Registration:NASA 905
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747-100
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747-123(SCA)
C/n (msn):20107 / 86
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal Airpark (KMZJ / MZJ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:19 October 1993
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:332107Submit Correction
View count: 213
Delivered to American as N9668 in 1970. To NASA as N905NA in 1974 and converted to a Space Shuttle transporter. Preserved at NASA Space Center Houston from 2014.
Registration / Serial:N905NA
Alternate Registration:NASA 905
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747-123(SCA)
C/n (msn):20107 / 86
Operator Titles:NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal Airpark (KMZJ / MZJ)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:19 October 1993
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact