Boeing 747SP

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Boeing 747SP
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Boeing 747SP in 1977
Role Wide-body jet airliner
National originUnited States
Manufacturer Boeing Commercial Airplanes
First flightJuly 4, 1975
Introduction1976 with Pan Am
StatusIn limited service
Primary users Pan Am (historical)
United Airlines (historical)
South African Airways (historical)
Iran Air (historical)
Produced1976–1982, 1987–1989
Number built45 [1]
Developed from Boeing 747-100
Variants SOFIA

The Boeing 747SP (for Special Performance) 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 (13,700 meters). 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 1973.

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The variant first flew on July 4, 1975, was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration on February 4, 1976, and entered service that year with Pan Am.

The SP is 184 feet 9 inches (56.31 m) in length, 47 feet (14 m) shorter than the original 747 variants. Its main deck doors are reduced to four on each side to suit its lower capacity. The vertical and horizontal tailplanes are larger and its wing flaps have been simplified. With a 700,000-pound (320 t; 320,000 kg) maximum take-off weight, it can fly 276 passengers in three classes over 5,830 nautical miles [nmi] (10,800 km; 6,710 mi). One 747SP was modified into the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The last example was delivered in 1987; some were converted to transports of heads of state. Sales did not meet the expected 200 units, and only 45 aircraft were ultimately produced. [2]

Development

Iran Air 747SP from above, 47 ft (14 m) shorter than the 747, with four exit doors per side Iran Air Boeing 747SP Lofting-1.jpg
Iran Air 747SP from above, 47 ft (14 m) shorter than the 747, with four exit doors per side

The idea for the 747SP came from a request by Pan Am for a 747 variant capable of carrying a full payload non-stop on its longest route between New York and Tehran. [3] Joined with Pan Am's request was Iran Air; their joint interest was for a high-capacity airliner capable of covering Pan Am's New York–Middle Eastern routes and Iran Air's planned New York-Tehran route [4] (New York to Tehran was the longest non-stop commercial flight in the world for a short time). The aircraft was launched with Pan Am's first order in 1973, and the first example was delivered in 1976. [5] [6] [7]

A shorter derivative of the 747-100, the SP was developed to target two market requirements. [5] The first was a need to compete with the DC-10 and L-1011 while maintaining commonality with the 747, [5] which in its standard form was too large for many routes. Until the arrival of the 767, Boeing lacked a mid-sized wide-body to compete in this segment. The second market requirement was an aircraft suitable for the ultra-long-range routes emerging in the mid-1970s following the joint request. These routes needed not only longer range but also higher cruising speeds. Boeing could not afford to develop an all-new design, instead opting to shorten the 747 and optimize it for speed and range, at the expense of capacity. [8]

The last 747SP, built in 1987 for Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight 203bm - Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight Boeing 747SP-Z5, A6-ZSN@LHR,23.01.2003 - Flickr - Aero Icarus.jpg
The last 747SP, built in 1987 for Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight

Originally designated 747SB for "short body", it was later nicknamed "Sutter's balloon" by employees after 747 chief engineer Joe Sutter. [9] Boeing later changed the production designation to 747SP for "special performance", reflecting the aircraft's greater range and higher cruising speed. [10] Production of the 747SP ran from 1976 to 1983. However, a VIP order [5] for the Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight led Boeing to produce one last SP in 1987. Pan Am was the launch customer for the 747SP, taking the first delivery, Clipper Freedom, on March 5, 1976. [10]

The 747SP was the longest-range airliner available until the 747-400 entered service in 1989. Despite its technical achievements, the SP never sold as well as Boeing hoped. [5] Increased fuel prices in the mid-1970s to early 1980s, the SP's heavy wings, high cost, [5] and reduced capacity, and the increased ranges of forthcoming airliners [5] were some of the many factors that contributed to its low sales. Only 45 were built, and, of those remaining, most are used by operators in the Middle East. However, some of the engineering work on the 747SP was reused with the development of the 747-300. In the 747SP, the upper deck begins over the section of fuselage that contains the wing box, not ahead of the wing box (as is the case with the 747-100 and 747-200). This same design was used in the 747-300 and newer 747-400, resulting in a stretched upper deck.

Design

Apart from having a significantly shorter fuselage and one fewer cabin door per side, the 747SP differs from other 747 variants in having simplified flaps and a taller vertical tail [5] to counteract the decrease in yaw moment-arm from the shortened fuselage. The 747SP uses single-piece flaps on the trailing edges, rather than the smaller triple-slotted flaps of standard 747s.

The SP could accommodate 230 passengers in a 3-class cabin or 331 (303 economy, 28 business) in a 2-class cabin, and a maximum of 400 passengers in one class.[ citation needed ]

Variants

The 747SP used as the NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOFIA ED10-0182-01 full.jpg
The 747SP used as the NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

From 2007 until 2022, a specially modified 747SP was used as the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) astronomical observatory, [5] operated jointly by NASA and Germany's DLR. A former Pan Am and United Airlines aircraft acquired in 1997, its airframe was modified to carry a 2.5-meter-diameter reflecting telescope to high altitude, above 99.9% of the light-absorbing water vapor in the atmosphere. The telescope and its detectors covered a wide wavelength range from the near infrared to the sub-millimeter region; no window material is transparent over this whole range, so the observations were made through a 13 feet (4.0 m) square hole in the port upper quarter of the rear fuselage, aft of a new pressure bulkhead. A sliding door covered the aperture when the telescope was not in use. [11] Astronomers take data and control the instrument from within the normally pressurized cabin. Originally delivered to Pan Am and named "Clipper Lindbergh", the name was displayed in script on the port side of the aircraft.

In September 2022, SOFIA ceased operations after the conclusion of its final mission. The retirement was made both on the grounds of cost and suitability for the requirements of the decade to come. [12] The aircraft was later flown to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, to be put on public display. [13]

Operators

Deliveries

Forty-five 747SP aircraft were built between 1974 and 1987. [14] The production line was ended in 1982 but reopened in 1987 to fulfill an order for the Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight. [15]

Type19761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989Total
747-SP14425964––––––145

Current operators

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Pratt & Whitney engine testbed testing the PW1000G engine

As of April 2024, there were just three Boeing 747SPs remaining in active service, with 17 more stored or otherwise preserved. The remaining aircraft were either scrapped, otherwise destroyed, or abandoned. [14] The remaining active aircraft operators are:

In 2016, the last 747SP in commercial service was withdrawn from service after 40 years by Iran Air. [18] [19] In 2020, the last aircraft in governmental use was stored by the Royal Flight of Oman, [20] and one of two aircraft remaining in VIP use by the Las Vegas Sands was written off by accidental damage sustained during Hurricane Laura. [21] The latter aircraft was scrapped soon afterwards. [22]

Former operators

This list also includes organizations that used the aircraft temporarily, besides main operators.

Africa
America
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Records

There were three significant commercial around-the-world record-setting flights flown by 747SP: two operated by Pan Am and the other operated by United Airlines with the aircraft being "loaned" to Friendship Foundation, in order to raise money for the foundation. Those flights are:

Incidents and accidents

Aircraft on display

Specifications

747-100 top view, cross-section, front view, 747 side views: 747SP, -100, -400, -8I, and LCF B747FAMILYv1.0.png
747-100 top view, cross-section, front view, 747 side views: 747SP, -100, -400, -8I, and LCF

Note

  1. ↑ JT9D, 233 passengers

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