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The prototype Boeing 747-8F during flight testing. On April 19, 2010, the second flight-test aircraft was moved from Moses Lake to Palmdale to conduct tests on the aircraft's engines in preparation for obtaining a type certification for the aircraft. The remaining aircraft in the test fleet were scheduled to move to Palmdale during May. [47]
Boeing announced a new 747 variant, the 747-8, on November 14, 2005. Referred to as the 747 Advanced prior to its launch, Boeing selected the designation 747-8 to show the connection with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, as the aircraft would use technology and the General Electric GEnx engines from the 787 to modernize the design and its systems.
Boeing 747-8F: Boeing 747-8F: AirBridgeCargo: Jamie Carr October 1, 2017 AirBrideCargo's 757-8F embarks on a nail-biting flight to deliver gear for Formula E's 10 electric-powered racing teams to cities around the world across more than 50,000 total kilometers. 20 2 Stargazer L-1011: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar: Orbital ATK: Jamie Carr October 8, 2017
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As of 2018, the 747-8F is unmatched in range and payload, [45] making it an option for cargo carriers. After the Airbus A380 ended production, the Boeing 747-8 also stopped production with the last delivery taking place on January 31, 2023, [46] meaning no double-deck passenger jets were any longer in production. Boeing attributed the ...
As of January 2025, there were 427 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100, 2 747SPs, 16 747-200s, 1 747-300, 256 747-400s, and 151 747-8s. These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.
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 ...
On September 11, 2012, an AirBridgeCargo Boeing 747-8F experienced a major engine malfunction that spread a significant amount of metallic debris on the runway. Like in a similar event during pre-flight taxi tests, the low pressure turbine shaft separated and moved the low pressure turbine (by design to avoid turbine overspeed) backwards ...