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Aircraft Photo of B-2442 | Boeing 747SP-J6 | Air China | AirHistory.net #352230
Registration / Serial:B-2442
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21932 / 433
Operator Titles:Air China
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:8 July 1995
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Photo ID:352230Submit Correction
View count: 151
Later N135SW
Registration / Serial:B-2442
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21932 / 433
Operator Titles:Air China
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:8 July 1995
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Aircraft Photo of B-2442 | Boeing 747SP-J6 | Air China | AirHistory.net #352230
Registration / Serial:B-2442
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21932 / 433
Operator Titles:Air China
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:8 July 1995
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Photo ID:352230Submit Correction
View count: 151
Later N135SW
Registration / Serial:B-2442
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21932 / 433
Operator Titles:Air China
City / Airport:Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)Map
Country:Finland
Photo Date:8 July 1995
Photo by:Pertti SipiläContact
Aircraft Photo of V8-AC1 | Boeing 747SP-21 | AirHistory.net #352096
Registration / Serial:V8-AC1
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21649 / 373
City / Airport:London - Stansted (EGSS / STN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 May 1997
Photo by:Marcel Colthoff (via Joop de Groot)Contact
Photo ID:352096Submit Correction
View count: 392
Operating for the Sultan of Brunei.
Registration / Serial:V8-AC1
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21649 / 373
City / Airport:London - Stansted (EGSS / STN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 May 1997
Photo by:Marcel Colthoff (via Joop de Groot)Contact
Aircraft Photo of V8-AC1 | Boeing 747SP-21 | AirHistory.net #352096
Registration / Serial:V8-AC1
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21649 / 373
City / Airport:London - Stansted (EGSS / STN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 May 1997
Photo by:Marcel Colthoff (via Joop de Groot)Contact
Photo ID:352096Submit Correction
View count: 392
Operating for the Sultan of Brunei.
Registration / Serial:V8-AC1
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21649 / 373
City / Airport:London - Stansted (EGSS / STN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 May 1997
Photo by:Marcel Colthoff (via Joop de Groot)Contact
Aircraft Photo of B-2438 | Boeing 747SP-J6 | Air China | AirHistory.net #347863
Registration / Serial:B-2438
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21933 / 455
Operator Titles:Air China
City / Airport:Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (VHHH / HKG) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Hong Kong, China
Photo Date:19 October 1992
Photo by:Gerard HelmerContact
Photo ID:347863Submit Correction
View count: 246
Registration / Serial:B-2438
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21933 / 455
Operator Titles:Air China
City / Airport:Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (VHHH / HKG) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Hong Kong, China
Photo Date:19 October 1992
Photo by:Gerard HelmerContact
Aircraft Photo of B-2438 | Boeing 747SP-J6 | Air China | AirHistory.net #347863
Registration / Serial:B-2438
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21933 / 455
Operator Titles:Air China
City / Airport:Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (VHHH / HKG) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Hong Kong, China
Photo Date:19 October 1992
Photo by:Gerard HelmerContact
Photo ID:347863Submit Correction
View count: 246
Registration / Serial:B-2438
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21933 / 455
Operator Titles:Air China
City / Airport:Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (VHHH / HKG) (closed)Map
Region / Country:Hong Kong, China
Photo Date:19 October 1992
Photo by:Gerard HelmerContact
Aircraft Photo of N747NA | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | AirHistory.net #344736
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
Aircraft Photo of N747NA | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | AirHistory.net #344736
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
Aircraft Photo of B-1862 | Boeing 747SP-09 | China Airlines | AirHistory.net #342971
Registration / Serial:B-1862
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-09
C/n (msn):21300 / 304
Operator Titles:China Airlines
City / Airport:Singapore - Changi International (WSSS / SIN)Map
Country:Singapore
Photo Date:3 September 1985
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Photo ID:342971Submit Correction
View count: 1172
Delivered new 6th Apr 1977 and transferred to Mandarin Airlines March 1993. Returned to China Airlines March 1999 and re-registered B-18252 27th July 1999
Registration / Serial:B-1862
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-09
C/n (msn):21300 / 304
Operator Titles:China Airlines
City / Airport:Singapore - Changi International (WSSS / SIN)Map
Country:Singapore
Photo Date:3 September 1985
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Aircraft Photo of B-1862 | Boeing 747SP-09 | China Airlines | AirHistory.net #342971
Registration / Serial:B-1862
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-09
C/n (msn):21300 / 304
Operator Titles:China Airlines
City / Airport:Singapore - Changi International (WSSS / SIN)Map
Country:Singapore
Photo Date:3 September 1985
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Photo ID:342971Submit Correction
View count: 1172
Delivered new 6th Apr 1977 and transferred to Mandarin Airlines March 1993. Returned to China Airlines March 1999 and re-registered B-18252 27th July 1999
Registration / Serial:B-1862
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-09
C/n (msn):21300 / 304
Operator Titles:China Airlines
City / Airport:Singapore - Changi International (WSSS / SIN)Map
Country:Singapore
Photo Date:3 September 1985
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Aircraft Photo of N747NA | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | AirHistory.net #342955
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
Aircraft Photo of N747NA | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | AirHistory.net #342955
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
Aircraft Photo of ZS-SPB | Boeing 747SP-44 | South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens | AirHistory.net #342113
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPB
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21133 / 282
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Aircraft Name:Outeniqua
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:7 August 1994
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Photo ID:342113Submit Correction
View count: 456
Delivered new 22nd Apr 1976 and leased to Air Malawi as 7Q-YKL 12th Apr 1985-11th May 1985, then to Luxair as LX-LGX 1st Nov 1987-2nd Sep 1993. Also had short spells with Trek Airways and Air Namibia as ZS-SPB and was finally sold as N747KS 20th July 1999
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPB
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21133 / 282
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:7 August 1994
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Aircraft Photo of ZS-SPB | Boeing 747SP-44 | South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens | AirHistory.net #342113
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPB
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21133 / 282
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Aircraft Name:Outeniqua
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:7 August 1994
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Photo ID:342113Submit Correction
View count: 456
Delivered new 22nd Apr 1976 and leased to Air Malawi as 7Q-YKL 12th Apr 1985-11th May 1985, then to Luxair as LX-LGX 1st Nov 1987-2nd Sep 1993. Also had short spells with Trek Airways and Air Namibia as ZS-SPB and was finally sold as N747KS 20th July 1999
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPB
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21133 / 282
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:7 August 1994
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Aircraft Photo of YK-AHB | Boeing 747SP-94 | Syrian Air - Syrian Arab Airlines | AirHistory.net #340835
Registration / Serial:YK-AHB
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-94
C/n (msn):21175 / 290
Operator Titles:Syrian Air - Syrian Arab Airlines
Aircraft Name:Arab Solidarity
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:17 December 1991
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:340835Submit Correction
View count: 269
This SP was delivered to Syrian Arab Airlines in July 1976 and is pictured taxying out for departure back to Damascus (DAM). The plane was stored at DAM around March 2009. Ferried to Riyadh for maintenance in 2011. The work was sanctioned by the US Government and it was stored. Visible on the satellite image at 24.9639, 46.7314 in 2022.
Registration / Serial:YK-AHB
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-94
C/n (msn):21175 / 290
Operator Titles:Syrian Air - Syrian Arab Airlines
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:17 December 1991
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Aircraft Photo of YK-AHB | Boeing 747SP-94 | Syrian Air - Syrian Arab Airlines | AirHistory.net #340835
Registration / Serial:YK-AHB
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-94
C/n (msn):21175 / 290
Operator Titles:Syrian Air - Syrian Arab Airlines
Aircraft Name:Arab Solidarity
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:17 December 1991
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:340835Submit Correction
View count: 269
This SP was delivered to Syrian Arab Airlines in July 1976 and is pictured taxying out for departure back to Damascus (DAM). The plane was stored at DAM around March 2009. Ferried to Riyadh for maintenance in 2011. The work was sanctioned by the US Government and it was stored. Visible on the satellite image at 24.9639, 46.7314 in 2022.
Registration / Serial:YK-AHB
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-94
C/n (msn):21175 / 290
Operator Titles:Syrian Air - Syrian Arab Airlines
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:17 December 1991
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Aircraft Photo of A9C-HMH | Boeing 747SP-21 | Bahrain Royal Flight | AirHistory.net #340568
Registration / Serial:A9C-HMH
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21649 / 373
Operator Titles:Bahrain Royal Flight
Aircraft Name:Gulf of Bahrain
City / Airport:Munich (EDDM / MUC)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:12 August 2006
Photo by:Gerhard PlomitzerContact
Photo ID:340568Submit Correction
View count: 302
Take off run on RWY 26L.
Registration / Serial:A9C-HMH
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21649 / 373
Operator Titles:Bahrain Royal Flight
City / Airport:Munich (EDDM / MUC)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:12 August 2006
Photo by:Gerhard PlomitzerContact
Aircraft Photo of A9C-HMH | Boeing 747SP-21 | Bahrain Royal Flight | AirHistory.net #340568
Registration / Serial:A9C-HMH
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21649 / 373
Operator Titles:Bahrain Royal Flight
Aircraft Name:Gulf of Bahrain
City / Airport:Munich (EDDM / MUC)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:12 August 2006
Photo by:Gerhard PlomitzerContact
Photo ID:340568Submit Correction
View count: 302
Take off run on RWY 26L.
Registration / Serial:A9C-HMH
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21649 / 373
Operator Titles:Bahrain Royal Flight
City / Airport:Munich (EDDM / MUC)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:12 August 2006
Photo by:Gerhard PlomitzerContact
Aircraft Photo of N747NA | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | AirHistory.net #340313
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
Aircraft Photo of N747NA | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | AirHistory.net #340313
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
Aircraft Photo of N747NA | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | AirHistory.net #340296
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
Aircraft Photo of N747NA | Boeing 747SP-21/SOFIA | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | AirHistory.net #340296
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
Aircraft Photo of 7O-YMN | Boeing 747SP-27 | Yemenia - Yemen Airways | AirHistory.net #338106
Registration / Serial:7O-YMN
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-27
C/n (msn):21786 / 413
Operator Titles:Yemenia - Yemen Airways
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 November 2006
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Photo ID:338106Submit Correction
View count: 1066
Registration / Serial:7O-YMN
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-27
C/n (msn):21786 / 413
Operator Titles:Yemenia - Yemen Airways
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 November 2006
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Aircraft Photo of 7O-YMN | Boeing 747SP-27 | Yemenia - Yemen Airways | AirHistory.net #338106
Registration / Serial:7O-YMN
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-27
C/n (msn):21786 / 413
Operator Titles:Yemenia - Yemen Airways
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 November 2006
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Photo ID:338106Submit Correction
View count: 1066
Registration / Serial:7O-YMN
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-27
C/n (msn):21786 / 413
Operator Titles:Yemenia - Yemen Airways
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:11 November 2006
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Aircraft Photo of ZS-SPA | Boeing 747SP-44 | Alliance Air | AirHistory.net #337710
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPA
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21132 / 280
Operator Titles:Alliance Air / South African Airways
City / Airport:Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (FAOR / JNB)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:3 November 1996
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Photo ID:337710Submit Correction
View count: 406
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPA
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21132 / 280
Operator Titles:Alliance Air / South African Airways
City / Airport:Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (FAOR / JNB)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:3 November 1996
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Aircraft Photo of ZS-SPA | Boeing 747SP-44 | Alliance Air | AirHistory.net #337710
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPA
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21132 / 280
Operator Titles:Alliance Air / South African Airways
City / Airport:Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (FAOR / JNB)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:3 November 1996
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Photo ID:337710Submit Correction
View count: 406
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPA
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21132 / 280
Operator Titles:Alliance Air / South African Airways
City / Airport:Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (FAOR / JNB)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:3 November 1996
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Aircraft Photo of ZS-SPB | Boeing 747SP-44 | Air Namibia | AirHistory.net #337708
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPB
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21133 / 282
Operator Titles:Air Namibia
City / Airport:Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (FAOR / JNB)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:3 November 1996
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Photo ID:337708Submit Correction
View count: 454
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPB
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21133 / 282
Operator Titles:Air Namibia
City / Airport:Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (FAOR / JNB)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:3 November 1996
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Aircraft Photo of ZS-SPB | Boeing 747SP-44 | Air Namibia | AirHistory.net #337708
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPB
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21133 / 282
Operator Titles:Air Namibia
City / Airport:Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (FAOR / JNB)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:3 November 1996
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Photo ID:337708Submit Correction
View count: 454
Registration / Serial:ZS-SPB
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21133 / 282
Operator Titles:Air Namibia
City / Airport:Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (FAOR / JNB)Map
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:3 November 1996
Photo by:Peter SmithsonContact
Aircraft Photo of C-FPAW | Boeing 747SP-J6 | Pratt & Whitney Canada | AirHistory.net #337285
Registration / Serial:C-FPAW
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21934 / 467
Operator Titles:Pratt & Whitney Canada
City / Airport:Montréal - Mirabel International (CYMX / YMX)Map
Region / Country:Quebec, Canada
Photo Date:27 February 2015
Photo by:Bill FawcettContact
Photo ID:337285Submit Correction
View count: 1033
Registration / Serial:C-FPAW
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21934 / 467
Operator Titles:Pratt & Whitney Canada
City / Airport:Montréal - Mirabel International (CYMX / YMX)Map
Region / Country:Quebec, Canada
Photo Date:27 February 2015
Photo by:Bill FawcettContact
Aircraft Photo of C-FPAW | Boeing 747SP-J6 | Pratt & Whitney Canada | AirHistory.net #337285
Registration / Serial:C-FPAW
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21934 / 467
Operator Titles:Pratt & Whitney Canada
City / Airport:Montréal - Mirabel International (CYMX / YMX)Map
Region / Country:Quebec, Canada
Photo Date:27 February 2015
Photo by:Bill FawcettContact
Photo ID:337285Submit Correction
View count: 1033
Registration / Serial:C-FPAW
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-J6
C/n (msn):21934 / 467
Operator Titles:Pratt & Whitney Canada
City / Airport:Montréal - Mirabel International (CYMX / YMX)Map
Region / Country:Quebec, Canada
Photo Date:27 February 2015
Photo by:Bill FawcettContact
Aircraft Photo of V5-SPF | Boeing 747SP-44 | Namib Air | AirHistory.net #335476
Registration / Serial:V5-SPF
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21263 / 301
Operator Titles:Namib Air
Aircraft Name:Etosha
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:18 August 1990
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Photo ID:335476Submit Correction
View count: 787
Ex South African Airways ZS-SPF, registered 15th Apr 1990 and re-branded as Air Namibia Oct 1991. Returned to SAA as ZS-SPF 30th Apr 1998
Registration / Serial:V5-SPF
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21263 / 301
Operator Titles:Namib Air
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:18 August 1990
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Aircraft Photo of V5-SPF | Boeing 747SP-44 | Namib Air | AirHistory.net #335476
Registration / Serial:V5-SPF
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21263 / 301
Operator Titles:Namib Air
Aircraft Name:Etosha
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:18 August 1990
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Photo ID:335476Submit Correction
View count: 787
Ex South African Airways ZS-SPF, registered 15th Apr 1990 and re-branded as Air Namibia Oct 1991. Returned to SAA as ZS-SPF 30th Apr 1998
Registration / Serial:V5-SPF
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-44
C/n (msn):21263 / 301
Operator Titles:Namib Air
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:18 August 1990
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Aircraft Photo of VH-EAB | Boeing 747SP-38 | Qantas | AirHistory.net #334091
Registration / Serial:VH-EAB
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-38
C/n (msn):22672 / 537
Operator Titles:Qantas
Aircraft Name:Winton
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:5 September 1985
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Photo ID:334091Submit Correction
View count: 395
Delivered new 31st Aug 1981 and lesed to Australia Asia Airlines Apr 1994-June 1996. Withdrawn from use KMZJ (Marana) Dec 2001 and scrapped
Registration / Serial:VH-EAB
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-38
C/n (msn):22672 / 537
Operator Titles:Qantas
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:5 September 1985
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Aircraft Photo of VH-EAB | Boeing 747SP-38 | Qantas | AirHistory.net #334091
Registration / Serial:VH-EAB
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-38
C/n (msn):22672 / 537
Operator Titles:Qantas
Aircraft Name:Winton
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:5 September 1985
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Photo ID:334091Submit Correction
View count: 395
Delivered new 31st Aug 1981 and lesed to Australia Asia Airlines Apr 1994-June 1996. Withdrawn from use KMZJ (Marana) Dec 2001 and scrapped
Registration / Serial:VH-EAB
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-38
C/n (msn):22672 / 537
Operator Titles:Qantas
City / Airport:Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (YSSY / SYD)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:5 September 1985
Photo by:LRS747Contact
Aircraft Photo of A6-SMM | Boeing 747SP-31 | United Arab Emirates Government | AirHistory.net #334008
Registration / Serial:A6-SMM
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-31
C/n (msn):21963 / 441
Operator Titles:United Arab Emirates Government / Dubai Air Wing
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 August 2002
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:334008Submit Correction
View count: 180
Registration / Serial:A6-SMM
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-31
C/n (msn):21963 / 441
Operator Titles:United Arab Emirates Government / Dubai Air Wing
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 August 2002
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Aircraft Photo of A6-SMM | Boeing 747SP-31 | United Arab Emirates Government | AirHistory.net #334008
Registration / Serial:A6-SMM
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-31
C/n (msn):21963 / 441
Operator Titles:United Arab Emirates Government / Dubai Air Wing
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 August 2002
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:334008Submit Correction
View count: 180
Registration / Serial:A6-SMM
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-31
C/n (msn):21963 / 441
Operator Titles:United Arab Emirates Government / Dubai Air Wing
City / Airport:London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 August 2002
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Aircraft Photo of HZ-HM1 | Boeing 747SP-68 | Saudi Arabian Royal Flight | Saudia - Saudi Arabian Airlines | AirHistory.net #332842
Registration / Serial:HZ-HM1
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-68
C/n (msn):21652 / 329
Operator Titles:Saudi Arabian Royal Flight
Display Paint:Saudia - Saudi Arabian Airlines
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:September 1983
Photo by:Norbert GalleContact
Photo ID:332842Submit Correction
View count: 248
Registration / Serial:HZ-HM1
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-68
C/n (msn):21652 / 329
Operator Titles:Saudi Arabian Royal Flight
Display Paint:Saudia - Saudi Arabian Airlines
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:September 1983
Photo by:Norbert GalleContact
Aircraft Photo of HZ-HM1 | Boeing 747SP-68 | Saudi Arabian Royal Flight | Saudia - Saudi Arabian Airlines | AirHistory.net #332842
Registration / Serial:HZ-HM1
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-68
C/n (msn):21652 / 329
Operator Titles:Saudi Arabian Royal Flight
Display Paint:Saudia - Saudi Arabian Airlines
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:September 1983
Photo by:Norbert GalleContact
Photo ID:332842Submit Correction
View count: 248
Registration / Serial:HZ-HM1
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-68
C/n (msn):21652 / 329
Operator Titles:Saudi Arabian Royal Flight
Display Paint:Saudia - Saudi Arabian Airlines
City / Airport:Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:September 1983
Photo by:Norbert GalleContact
Aircraft Photo of VP-BAT | Boeing 747SP-21 | Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani | AirHistory.net #330621
Registration / Serial:VP-BAT
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21648 / 367
Operator Titles:Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani
City / Airport:Bournemouth - International (EGHH / BOH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:29 May 2006
Photo by:Howard J CurtisContact
Photo ID:330621Submit Correction
View count: 241
Just starting its take off roll - a lovely sight!
Registration / Serial:VP-BAT
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21648 / 367
Operator Titles:Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani
City / Airport:Bournemouth - International (EGHH / BOH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:29 May 2006
Photo by:Howard J CurtisContact
Aircraft Photo of VP-BAT | Boeing 747SP-21 | Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani | AirHistory.net #330621
Registration / Serial:VP-BAT
Aircraft Original Type:Boeing 747
Aircraft Generic Type:Boeing 747SP
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21648 / 367
Operator Titles:Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani
City / Airport:Bournemouth - International (EGHH / BOH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:29 May 2006
Photo by:Howard J CurtisContact
Photo ID:330621Submit Correction
View count: 241
Just starting its take off roll - a lovely sight!
Registration / Serial:VP-BAT
Aircraft Version:Boeing 747SP-21
C/n (msn):21648 / 367
Operator Titles:Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani
City / Airport:Bournemouth - International (EGHH / BOH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:29 May 2006
Photo by:Howard J CurtisContact