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The aircraft involved was the prototype Boeing 747-400 (Boeing 747-451, c/n 23719, reg N661US) and was built by Boeing, and started the flight testing program for the new model, registered as N401PW, in April 1988. It was subsequently reregistered as N661US and delivered to Northwest Airlines (the launch customer for the 747-400) on December 8 ...
The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting a 10% cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1,000 nautical miles [nmi] (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of additional range.
The Boeing Dreamlifter, officially the 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), is a wide-body cargo aircraft modified extensively from the Boeing 747-400 airliner. With a volume of 65,000 cubic feet (1,840 m 3 ) [ 1 ] it can hold three times that of a 747-400F freighter. [ 2 ]
Kalitta's Boeing 747-400F (N716CK) can be seen in the documentary The Last Cruise evacuating U.S. citizens stranded aboard Diamond Princess cruise ship during COVID-19 outbreak. [citation needed] N707CK, a former Kuwait Airways 747-269B, was used for the filming of the movie Executive Decision. The aircraft was painted into the fictitious ...
747-100SR September 26, 1973 Japan Airlines: April 2, 1975 Japan Airlines: 7 747-100BSR December 21, 1978 All Nippon Airways: November 12, 1982 All Nippon Airways: 20 747-100B August 2, 1979 Iran Air: April 2, 1982 Saudi Arabian Airlines: 9 747-100B SUD March 24, 1986 Japan Airlines: September 9, 1986 Japan Airlines: 2 Total 747-100 Series: 205 ...
An Atlas Air Boeing 747-400F departing Hong Kong. Boeing 747-8F N863GT, the last 747 ever built, on the taxiway at Schiphol Airport An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8F lines up on Runway 27 at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport as one of the airline's 747-400Fs lands on Runway 18C.
In aviation circles, a more specific model designation is sometimes used where the last two digits of the series designator are replaced by the two-digit, alpha-numeric Boeing customer code, for example, 747-121, representing a 747-100 originally ordered by Pan American World Airways (Boeing customer code 21) or 737-7H4, representing a 737-700 ...
Detroit Metropolitan Airport has maintenance facilities capable of servicing and repairing aircraft as large as the Boeing 747-400. [7] Metro Airport serves the Metropolitan Detroit area; the Toledo, Ohio, area about 40 miles (64 km) south; the Ann Arbor area to the west; Windsor, Ontario; and Southwestern Ontario in Canada. [8]