Boeing 747SP
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The Boeing 747SP is a shortened version of the Boeing 747 wide-body airliner, designed for a longer range. It is the highest flying subsonic passenger airliner, with a service ceiling of 45,100 feet.
A Boeing 747SP of Syrian Air at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport in 2007.
Iran Air 747SP from above, 47 ft (14 m) shorter than the 747, with four exit doors per side
The 747SP used as the NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy Boeing 747SP flight deck
Pan Am
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Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and more commonly known as Pan Am, was a major airline in the United States that was the largest international air carrier for mu
Boeing 747SP
…Boeing needed a smaller aircraft to compete with the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed L-1011 TriStar tri-jet wide-bodies, introduced in 1971/1972. Pan Am requested a 747-100 derivative to fly between New York and the Middle East, a request also shared by Iran Air, and the first order came from Pan Am in…
Pan Am Boeing 747-212B "Clipper Gem of the Ocean"
Flown cover autographed by pilot Cy Caldwell and carried from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, on the first contract airmail flight operated by Pan American Airways, October 19, 1927
"Birthplace of Pan American World Airways", Key West, Florida. It is now a restaurant.
Tourists with a Consolidated Commodore flying boat, used to fly routes in the Caribbean in the 1930s