21025 / 273 – Production List
747SP Production list
AIRFRAME HISTORY: 21025
Chronological order of events
Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.
Dates in Black are considered exact and dates in Red are approximate.
Date | Reg | Airline | Livery | Name | Event | Airport | Notes |
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1973-09-10 | Pan Am | Other | Order placed | ||||
1975-10-08 | N40135 | Boeing | Demo colours | Roll Out | PAE | ||
1975-11-03 | N40135 | Boeing | Demo colours | First Flight | PAE | ||
1975-11-11 | N40135 | Boeing | Demo colours | Flight | PAE | Departed for World Demonstration flight. First leg to New York. | |
1975-11-12 | N40135 | Boeing | Demo colours | Flight | Set a record for New York to Tokyo in 13 hours, 33 minutes, a distance of 7,015 miles with 200 passengers on board | ||
1975-11-27 | N40135 | Boeing | Demo colours | Seen | in Mexico during demo tour. | ||
1975-12-10 | N40135 | Boeing | Demo colours | Flight | PAE | Returned after 29 days World Demonstration flight after visiting 18 cities, covered a distance of 72,152 miles. Total flight time was 140 hours 15 minutes. | |
1976-02-01 | N40135 | Boeing 747SP | Demo colours | Seen | JFK | ![]() | |
1976-03-05 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper Freedom | Delivered | ||
1976-04-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper Freedom | Seen | JFK | ![]() |
1976-04-30 | N533PA | Pan Am | Clipper Liberty Bell | Other | Renamed | ||
1976-05-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper Liberty Bell | Flight | JFK | Departed for around-the-world record for a commercial aircraft: JFK-DEL-HND-JFK Commanded by Captain Walter Mulliken, Pan Am's Vice President and Chief Pilot with 98 paying passengers on board to enjoy the experience and paid $US 2,912 for a First Class seat, $US 1,838 for an economy class seat. |
1976-05-03 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old | Flight | JFK | Returned from around-the-world record flight. Flight time verified by National Aeronautics Association: 39 hours, 25 minutes and 53 seconds, a distance of 23,137 miles. | |
1976-07-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper Liberty Bell | Seen | LHR | |
1977-01-31 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper New Horizons ? | Flight | HNL | Flight 825 DFW-HNL |
1977-02-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper New Horizons ? | Flight | DFW | Flight 826 HNL-DFW |
1977-10-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Clipper New Horizons | Other | Renamed | ||
1977-10-28 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old, Flight 50 | Flight | SFO | Departed SFO for LHR
Celebrating Pan Am's 50th Birthday with a flight around the world but this time over both North and South Pole - Flight 50 ![]() | |
1977-10-30 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old, Flight 50 | Flight | SFO | Returned from Flight 50, last leg AKL-SFO | |
1978-10-10 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old, Flight 50 | Clipper New Horizons | Seen | LHR | ![]() |
1979-07-14 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old, Flight 50 | Clipper New Horizons | Seen | MIA | ![]() ![]() |
1981-08-18 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old, Flight 50 | Clipper New Horizons | Seen | JFK | ![]() |
1983-03-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old, Flight 50 | Clipper New Horizons | Seen | MEL | ![]() |
1983-07-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Clipper San Francisco | Other | Renamed | ||
1983-07-24 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old, Flight 50 | Clipper San Francisco | Seen | LHR | ![]() |
1984-01-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Clipper New Horizons | Other | Renamed | ||
1984-02-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old, Flight 50 | Seen | LAX | ![]() | |
1984-05-06 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old, Flight 50 | Clipper New Horizons | Seen | ZRH | ![]() |
1985-03-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Old, Flight 50 | Clipper New Horizons | Seen | ||
1985-04-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Clipper Young America | Other | Renamed | ||
1985-09-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Billboard, Flight 50 | Clipper Young America | Seen | CDG | ![]() |
1985-10-01 | N533PA | Pan Am | Billboard, Flight 50 | Clipper Young America | Seen | LHR | ![]() |
1985-12-03 | N533PA | Pan Am | Billboard, Flight 50 | Clipper Young America | Seen | ZRH | ![]() |
1986-02-11 | N533PA | United | All white with UA titles and logo | Bought | |||
1986-03-01 | N143UA | United | Old, small titles | Reg Changed | |||
1986-03-10 | N143UA | United | Old, large titles | Seen | ![]() | ||
1987-02-18 | N143UA | United | Old, small titles | Seen | LAX | ![]() | |
1987-05-01 | N143UA | United | Old, small titles | Seen | SFO | ![]() ![]() | |
1989-07-25 | N143UA | American Finance Group | Bought | ||||
1989-07-25 | N143UA | United | Leased | ||||
1990-05-01 | N143UA | United | Old, large titles | Seen | SFO | ![]() | |
1990-09-01 | N143UA | United | Old, large titles | Seen | ![]() | ||
1993-09-01 | N143UA | United | Old, large titles | Seen | LHR | ![]() | |
1993-09-02 | N143UA | United | Old, large titles | Seen | LHR | ![]() | |
1994-11-22 | N143UA | United Air Lines Inc. | Bought | Bought by UAL, Inc., parent of United Airlines. | |||
1995-01-14 | N143UA | Old, large titles | Seen | LAS | Stored | ||
1995-08-01 | N143UA | Aviation Sales Company Inc | Bought | ||||
1995-08-05 | N143UA | United | Ferried | ADM | Ferry flight LAS-ADM | ||
1995-08-20 | N143UA | United | Retired | ADM | WFU | ||
1995-09-01 | N143UA | No Titles | ex UA | Seen | ADM | ![]() | |
1995-12-26 | N143UA | Reg Cancelled | |||||
1996-03-29 | N143UA | Seen | ADM | Stored | |||
1997-04-24 | N143UA | Seen | ADM | ||||
1997-12-22 | N143UA | Other | Left for smelters on semi-trucks | ||||
1997-12-31 | N143UA | Other | ADM | Not present in any form. The first 747SP to be scrapped. |