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    Airframe Family: Boeing B747 / C-25 / C-33 / E-4 / AL-1
    Latest Model:747SP-27
    Construction Number:21992
    Last Civil Registration:N747A
    Compressed ID:Boeing 747SP-27 cn 21992 cr N747A
    Latest Owner or Location:Mojave Airport, Mojave, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 747SP-27.

    30 May 1980

    To Braniff Airways with new c/r N606BN.

    18 April 1981


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: N606BN : Boeing 747SP-27 : Braniff InternationalArriving at Gatwick after its overnight flight from Dallas.

    23 September 1983

    To Pan AM with new c/r N529PA.
    Operated with markings: Clipper America

    7 January 1984


    Photographer: Keith Sowter
    Notes: At London Heathrow

    9 February 1986

    To United Airlines with new c/r N150UA.

    Circa 1988


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Newark, New Jersey

    20 August 1992

    To Government of Oman with new c/r A40-SP.

    21 June 1998


    Photographer: Michael Thorne
    Notes: At London Heathrow

    2005

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Roswell.

    20 November 2007

    To Frys Electronics with new c/r N747A.

    5 October 2008

    10 January 2017

    To NASA-Armstrong Flight Research Centre, CA keeping c/r N747A.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Mojave Airport, Mojave, CA.
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    5 February 2018


    Photographer: Graham Spiers
    Notes: N747A Boeing 747-SP.Mojave Airport, California
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