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Watch 800,000+ pound monsters storm the runway on 4 screaming engines

Experience an extraordinary collection of rare and special four-engine aircraft as some of aviation's most spectacular machines thunder across the runway in one unforgettable planespotting compilation ...

Boeing Missed Break-Even On The 747SP By A Single Airframe Before Killing Production

According to 747sp.com, Boeing originally designated the aircraft the 747SB, for “short body,” an internal response to ...
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NASA head confirms plans to build nuclear reactor on the Moon

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The flying observatory "SOFIA" (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), a Boeing 747SP of NASA, stands on a parking ...
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What Is The Boeing 747SP, The Short And Stubby Wide-Body Jet?

Before the Boeing 747 was discontinued in 2023, it built a number of variants for the aircraft to suit a variety of needs. One such derivative was the 747SP (Special Performance). This version of the ...
autoevolution

Honey, I Shrunk the 747: The Story of the Boeing 747SP

For upwards of four decades, the Boeing 747 was pound for pound the largest, most capable, and the most iconic wide-body, quad-engine airliner the world had ever seen. Though Airbus' A380 may have may ...
AVweb

NASA Retires 747 SOFIA Airborne Observatory

SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) was a unique airborne observatory featuring a 2.5-meter infrared telescope mounted in a modified Boeing 747SP, which concluded its missions in ...
techtimes

NASA’s SOFIA Finally Rests its Wings After 8 Years of Capturing the Infrared Universe

NASA's SOFIA ( Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) has captured gorgeous snapshots of the infrared universe for around eight years now. But alas, it will finally rest its wings. The ...
Aviation Week

NASA SOFIA 747SP Flies Into Retirement

COLORADO SPRINGS—Almost three months after its final science mission ended, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP airborne telescope has been retired to the Pima Air & ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Unique NASA Observatory Will Make a Final Flight—to a Museum

With the door open to give the telescope a clear view, SOFIA cruised through the Earth's stratosphere at 38,000 to 45,000 feet. NASA / Jim Ross In 1996, scientists initiated an ambitious plan to ...
UPI

NASA's SOFIA aircraft will be displayed at the Pima Air & Space Museum

Dec. 8 (UPI) --NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft will be displayed at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Ariz. SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747SP designed to ...
ABC15 Arizona

NASA's SOFIA spacecraft to retire in Arizona

TUCSON, AZ — SOFIA is retiring in Arizona! NASA's SOFIA, which stands for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, is now retired and heading to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson. The ...