21441 / 306 – Production List
747SP Production list
AIRFRAME HISTORY: 21441
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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1977-04-25 | N536PA | Pan Am | First Flight | ||||
1977-05-06 | N536PA | Pan Am | Delivered | ||||
1977-05-20 | N536PA | Pan Am | Clipper Lindbergh | Other | Christened "Clipper Lindbergh" by Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the 50th year anniversary of Charles A Lindbergh''s solo flight across the Atlantic. | ||
1977-08-14 | N536PA | Pan Am | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | JFK | Operating Clipper 101 from LHR![]() | |
1977-11-25 | N536PA | Pan Am | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | HKG | ![]() | |
1980-05-25 | N536PA | Pan Am | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | JFK | ![]() | |
1981-04-01 | N536PA | Pan Am | Old small titles | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | SYD | ![]() |
1985-01-11 | N536PA | Pan Am | Incident | FAI | Crew diverted to Fairbanks due to aft cargo compartment fire warning light. No fire occurred, false indication. ![]() ![]() | ||
1985-04-28 | N536PA | Pan Am | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | LHR | ![]() | |
1986-02-13 | N536PA | United | Bought | ||||
1986-02-13 | N536PA | United | Pan Am cheatline | Seen | MEL | ||
1986-11-01 | N145UA | United | Reg Changed | ||||
1987-05-01 | N536PA | United | ex Pan Am cht. United tail logo | Seen | SFO | ![]() | |
1989-01-20 | N145UA | United | Old, small titles | Seen | LAX | ![]() | |
1989-04-10 | N145UA | United | Old, small titles | Seen | LAX | ![]() | |
1989-11-01 | N145UA | United | Old, small titles | Seen | SFO | ![]() | |
1990-07-01 | N145UA | United | Old, small titles | Seen | SFO | ||
1990-10-01 | N145UA | United | Old, large titles | Seen | ![]() | ||
1993-04-21 | N145UA | United | Old, large titles | Seen | LAX | ![]() | |
1993-07-01 | N145UA | United | New colours | Seen | The only United 747SP to be painted in this livery. | ||
1994-04-01 | N145UA | United | New colours | Seen | SFO | ![]() | |
1994-09-08 | N145UA | United | New colours | Seen | LHR | ![]() | |
1994-10-19 | N145UA | United | Seen | SFO | Flew UA 59 IAD-SFO after having flown SFO-ORD-IAD earlier in the day, substituting for an out-of-service 747-100. It was supposed to be retired after this flight but flew the same routing one last time the next day (10/20/1994) | ||
1995-05-01 | N145UA | No Titles | ex United | Seen | LAS | ![]() | |
1995-11-01 | N145UA | Retired | LAS | ||||
1995-11-12 | N145UA | No Titles | No titles, no logos | Seen | LAS | WFU, stored | |
1995-12-01 | N145UA | No Titles | No titles, no logos | Seen | LAS | WFU, stored | |
1996-09-14 | N145UA | No Titles | ex United | Seen | LAS | ![]() | |
1997-02-17 | N145UA | No Titles | New United blue/grey livery, no titles/logos | Ferried | SFO | LAS-SFO Ferry #9497, departed LAS at 10:38am and arrived SFO 12:46pm | |
1997-02-20 | N145UA | No Titles | New United blue/grey livery, no titles/logos | Other | SFO | Maintenance | |
1997-02-20 | N145UA | NASA | SOFIA | Other | SFO | New titles... Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy | |
1997-04-30 | N145UA | Universities Space Research Association (USRA) | Bought | ||||
1997-09-01 | N145UA | SOFIA | ex United. NASA DARA titles on tail | Seen | SFO | ![]() | |
1997-10-27 | N145UA | NASA | Bought | Formally bought by NASA. | |||
1997-11-19 | N145UA | NASA | Status | New airworthiness certificate is issued by the FAA. Aircraft is classified as EXPERIMENTAL. | |||
1999-05-01 | N145UA | NASA | Other | ACT | Plane enters hangar in Waco for paint strip and maintenance. | ||
2003-06-01 | N145UA | NASA | Other | ACT | Telescope fitted into aircraft. | ||
2004-04-25 | N145UA | NASA | Other | ACT | Aircraft passes "Cabin Proof Pressure Test" in which cabin is pressurized to 12.5 PSI. | ||
2004-12-02 | N145UA | NASA | Other | ACT | Engine installation completed in preparation for first flight. | ||
2004-12-17 | N747NA | NASA | Other | New N number reserved, pending return to service. | |||
2005-02-10 | N747NA | Other | Aircraft jacked off of floor in hangar, and landing gear retracted as part of hydraulic test. | ||||
2005-04-01 | N747NA | SOFIA | Roll Out | ACT | Rolled out of hangar with new tail logo applied. | ||
2006-08-19 | N747NA | SOFIA | Other | ACT | Full power engine runs. | ||
2006-09-25 | N747NA | SOFIA | New SOFIA/NASA Livery | Roll Out | ACT | Rolled out with new paint in small ceremony | |
2007-04-26 | N747NA | SOFIA | Flight | ACT | SOFIA First Flight after heavy modifications and almost 10 years on ground
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2007-05-21 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Other | EDW | Aircraft named in a ceremony by Eric Lindbergh.![]() | |
2007-05-31 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Ferried | EDW | Ferried ACT-EDW It will undergo installation of systems and flight testing for the next three years. ![]() ![]() | |
2007-10-11 | N747NA | SOFIA | Flight | EDW | Performing flight Performance test flights![]() ![]() | ||
2007-11-16 | N747NA | SOFIA | Flight | Performed 5 successful test flights![]() | |||
2007-12-19 | N747NA | SOFIA | Flight | Functional checkout of in-flight actuation and functional checkout of the telescope assembly![]() | |||
2008-01-14 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | NUQ | Landed at 12:22 escorted by an F18. Both planes flew in from EDW.![]() | ||
2008-01-15 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | PMD | Arrival at its new base of operations![]() ![]() | ||
2008-01-17 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | PMD | ![]() | ||
2008-03-10 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | PMD | Collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization testing. The primary celestial target was Polaris, the North Star.![]() | ||
2008-04-18 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | PMD | Primary mirror removed in preparation for the final finish coating of the mirror.![]() | ||
2008-10-08 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | PMD | Primary mirror returned into aircraft.![]() | ||
2008-11-12 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | PMD | Nighttime line operations testing.![]() | ||
2009-04-09 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | PMD | Display at the dedication ceremony of the Dryden Aircraft Operation Facility, which is the hangar that is its new home at the Palmdale Airport. | |
2009-12-17 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | PMD | Seen landing, accompanied by chase plane. | ||
2009-12-18 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | First 100% open door flight.![]() ![]() | ||
2009-12-18 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | PMD | Landed at KPMD, accompanied by chase plane. | ||
2010-03-16 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | PMD | Landed at Palmdale airport, accompanied by chase plane | ||
2010-03-29 | N747NA | SOFIA | Other | Exploring the Hidden Universe.![]() | |||
2010-05-25 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | First Light Flight | ||
2010-07-08 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | EDW | Working NASA Flight Control room for latest envelope expansion flight #35. | ||
2011-06-23 | N747NA | SOFIA | Flight | Flew more than 1,800 miles out over the Pacific Ocean to position itself in the exact location where Pluto's shadow fell on Earth![]() | |||
2011-09-16 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | CGN | First transatlantic deployment of SOFIA. The plane was on display and available for tours on German Aerospace Day in Cologne as well as at Stuttgart Airport (EDDS) the following days. | |
2011-09-17 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | CGN | ![]() | ||
2011-09-19 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | STR | Flew CGN-STR![]() | |
2011-09-20 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | STR | ||
2011-09-20 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | STR | ![]() | ||
2011-09-21 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | STR | Flew STR-ADW. Returning after Germany visit. | |
2011-09-21 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | STR | ![]() | ||
2011-09-21 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | ADW | Showcased for the public | ||
2011-09-23 | N747NA | SOFIA | Flight | PMD | Departed ADW at 15:15. The flight to Palmdale concludes SOFIA's first international deployment. | ||
2011-11-09 | N747NA | SOFIA | Flight | PMD | All night expedition at 35 000 Feet to observe the red supergiant star Betelgeuse.![]() | ||
2012-05-14 | N747NA | SOFIA | Other | Featured in video Destination Innovation![]() | |||
2013-07-19 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | CHC | SOFIA in New Zealand for 2 weeks. Stopped in Auckland on the 17th for a tech stop. Departs the 1st August. | |
2014-06-28 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | HAM | Arrived at 08.44LT, after a low-pass, from Palmdale, CA, USA for a 4 month Heavy Maintenance visit at Lufthansa Technik Hamburg. | |
2014-06-28 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | HAM | Arrived in Hamburg, Germany for heavy maintenance, carried out by Lufthansa. Secondary mirror mechanism was removed prior to the ferry flight. Performed a low fly by before landing.![]() ![]() | ||
2014-11-25 | N747NA | NASA | Roll Out | HAM | Rolled out of hangar for engine runs.![]() | ||
2014-12-13 | N747NA | SOFIA | Flight | HAM | Performed a check flight efter the completed D-check. | ||
2014-12-14 | N747NA | SOFIA | Flight | HAM-EDW | Departed after lunch and headed for EDW.![]() ![]() | ||
2015-09-28 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | PMD | Flew SOFIA mission #243, Palmdale to Palmdale via turning points over the Pacific Ocean and north of Yellowknife Canada, taking off at 21:54 local time on 28th September and landing back 07:19 the following morning, airborne time 9 hours 25 minutes. Purpose of flight was to test the FLITECAM near-infrared camera. During D-check in HAM air conditioning system and cabin walls were completely replaced. | |
2016-03-23 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | Just came over Penn Valley ca. | ||
2016-10-17 | N747NA | SOFIA | Seen | PMD | 747SP users meeting together with Pratt & Whitney Canada 747SP C-GTFF | ||
2017-11-20 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | HAM | Arrived for C-check at Lufthansa Technik | |
2018-03-03 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Seen | HAM | Taxi tests | |
2018-05-11 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HAM | Performed a testflight. | |
2018-05-15 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HAM | Performed a testflight with touch-n-go at HAJ | |
2018-05-17 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HAM | Performed a testflight with touch-n-go at HAJ | |
2018-05-18 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | Flight back to PMD after maintenance in HAM. | |
2018-05-31 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HNL | Flight PMD-HNL | |
2018-06-01 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CHC | Flight HNL-CHC | |
2018-07-20 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HNL | Flight CHC-HNL. Returning after New Zealand mission | |
2018-07-20 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | Flight HNL-PMD | |
2018-08-16 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | Departed for SUU, diverted and returned to PMD. | |
2019-05-29 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HNL | Flight PMD-HNL. Left for New Zealand mission | |
2019-05-31 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CHC | Flight HNL-CHC | |
2019-07-28 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HNL | Flight CHC-HNL | |
2019-07-29 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | Flight HNL-PMD | |
2019-09-15 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | STR | Flight PMD-STR | |
2019-09-18 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | STR | First European scientific mission. 10 hour flight.![]() | |
2019-09-20 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | MSP | Flight STR-MSP. Short stop for refuelling and clearing customs. | |
2019-09-20 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | Flight MSP-PMD. Returned to PMD after European mission. | |
2020-09-30 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HAM | Flight PMD-HAM for maintenance | |
2021-01-31 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HAM | Test flight after maintenance. 6H37min flight HAM-HAM | |
2021-02-01 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HAM | Test flight after maintenance. 1H26min HAM-HAM | |
2021-02-04 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flight HAM-CGN | |
2021-02-09 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HEIDI. Flight #1 First mission flight out of CGN of this European mission. OC8H | |
2021-02-10 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HELGA. Flight #2 | |
2021-02-11 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HAMISH. Flight #3 | |
2021-02-12 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HORATIO. Flight #4 | |
2021-02-17 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HAGAR. Flight #5 | |
2021-02-18 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HAMLET. Flight #6 | |
2021-02-19 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HOGAN. Flight #7. SOFIA completed her 700th flight! | |
2021-02-23 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HAZEL. Flight #8 | |
2021-02-24 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HONORING_ABE. Flight #9 | |
2021-02-25 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HELEN. Flight #10 | |
2021-03-01 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HAM | Flight CGN-HAM for maintenance. | |
2021-03-04 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flight HAM-CGN | |
2021-03-04 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HODOR. Flight #12 | |
2021-03-05 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HANNAH. Flight #18 | |
2021-03-09 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HAMLET | |
2021-03-10 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HOWARD. Flight #11 | |
2021-03-11 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HILLARY | |
2021-03-12 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CGN | Flightplan: HARRIET | |
2021-03-16 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | Flight CGN-PMD. Returning home after European mission 2021. | |
2021-07-19 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PPT | Flight PMD-PPT | |
2021-08-19 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | Return flight PPT-PMD after one months mission. | |
2021-11-01 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | Flight to SMF for touch and go's | |
2022-01-06 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | First mission of 2022 | |
2022-02-15 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | Flight to FAT for touch and go, then a few approaches at PMD. | |
2022-06-17 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HNL | Flight PMD-HNL | |
2022-06-18 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CHC | Flight HNL-CHC | |
2022-07-18 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Incident | CHC | Damaged by stair during storm on ground![]() | |
2022-08-07 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | CHC | Performed a testflight in preparation for the ferry back to PMD. | |
2022-08-11 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | HNL | Flight CHC-HNL | |
2022-08-11 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | After refuelling, Flight HNL-PMD | |
2022-11-29 | N747NA | SOFIA | Clipper Lindbergh | Flight | PMD | Flight to RIV for some circuits for proficiency purposes. |