21548 / 331 – Production List
747SP Production list
AIRFRAME HISTORY: 21548
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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1978-06-30 | N538PA | Pan Am | First Flight | ||||
1978-07-12 | N538PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper Fleetwing | Delivered | ||
1978-08-24 | N538PA | Pan Am | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | LHR | ![]() | |
1978-11-20 | N538PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | SYD | ![]() |
1979-01-16 | N538PA | Pan Am | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | JFK | ![]() | |
1979-09-01 | N538PA | Pan Am | Old | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | SYD | ![]() |
1980-01-01 | N538PA | Pan Am | Clipper Plymouth Rock | Other | Renamed | ||
1981-10-01 | N538PA | Pan Am | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | SFO | ||
1983-01-20 | N538PA | Pan Am | Clipper Fleetwing | Seen | LAX | ![]() | |
1985-05-01 | N538PA | Pan Am | Billboard c/s | Clipper Princess Grace | Seen | ||
1985-11-01 | N538PA | Pan Am | Billboard c/s | Seen | ZRH | ![]() | |
1986-02-12 | N538PA | United | Bought | ||||
1986-02-25 | N538PA | United | All white, UA titles and logo | Seen | HKG | ![]() | |
1986-07-01 | N538PA | United | All white, UA titles and logo | Seen | SFO | ![]() | |
1986-09-01 | N147UA | United | Reg Changed | ||||
1987-07-01 | N147UA | United | Old, small titles | Seen | SFO | ![]() | |
1988-01-28 | N147UA | United | Old, small titles | Friendship One | Other | PAE | Departed for around the world flight. Read the story: ![]() |
1988-01-30 | N147UA | United | Old, small titles | Friendship One | Seen | PAE | Returned from around the world flight. Read the story: |
1988-03-01 | N147UA | United | Old, small titles | Friendship One | Seen | MEL | ![]() |
1989-04-08 | N147UA | United | Incident | SYD | Firm landing with a crosswind. ![]() | ||
1991-07-02 | N147UA | United | Old, Large titles | Seen | LHR | ![]() | |
1991-07-05 | N147UA | United | Old, Large titles | Seen | LHR | ![]() | |
1992-07-06 | N147UA | First Trust of California | Bought | ||||
1992-07-06 | N147UA | United | Leased | ||||
1993-05-22 | N147UA | United | Old, large titles, white engines | Seen | ![]() | ||
1993-06-25 | N147UA | United | Old, large titles, white engines | Seen | IAD | ![]() | |
1994-10-01 | N147UA | No Titles | Old UA c/s, white tail | Seen | LAS | In storage | |
1995-05-01 | N147UA | No Titles | Old UA c/s, white tail | Seen | LAS | Stored![]() | |
1995-11-12 | N147UA | No Titles | Old UA c/s, white tail | Seen | LAS | Stored | |
1996-01-01 | N147UA | No Titles | Old c/s, white tail | Ferried | MZJ | LAS-MZJ Ferry #9506-30 | |
1996-02-02 | N147UA | No Titles | Old UA c/s, white tail | Stored | MZJ | ![]() | |
1997-01-01 | N147UA | Status | MZJ | 71476.13 Hours, 9197 cycles | |||
1999-02-01 | N147UA | No Titles | Old c/s, white tail | Seen | MZJ | ||
2000-07-16 | N147UA | No Titles | Old c/s, white tail | Seen | MZJ | ||
2001-04-18 | N147UA | No Titles | Old c/s, white tail | Ferried | ACY | MZJ-ACY Ferry #9174 | |
2001-04-19 | N147UA | Federal Aviation Administration | Bought | ||||
2001-05-30 | N147UA | Reg Cancelled | To be used for center fuel tank testing as a result of TWA 800 accident. Two phases of research are planned; The first phase will be to examine the use of ground-supplied, nitrogen-enriched air to inert a large commercial airplane fuel tank and to study what conditions affect the ability of the fuel tank to stay inert. The second phase will involve soliciting proposals for on-board inert gas generating systems and testing them as they relate to commercial operations. Both phases will be ground-based with no flight tests planned. | ||||
2003-03-15 | No Titles | Faded UA cht | Seen | ACY | No registration visible on fuselage![]() | ||
2003-10-16 | No Titles | Seen | ACY | ![]() | |||
2005-03-15 | No Titles | Seen | ACY | ![]() | |||
2005-03-16 | No Titles | Faded UA cht | Seen | ACY | Aircraft is pushed back about once a month and is taxied around the airport. Sensors are wired to the landing gear for high speed taxi test. | ||
2006-03-28 | No Titles | Blue cht | Seen | ACY | ![]() | ||
2008-06-03 | No Titles | New cheatline | Seen | ACY | |||
2008-09-02 | No Titles | Seen | ACY | ![]() | |||
2013-01-08 | No Titles | Other | ACY | On remote stand deep inside airport perimeter. Still used by FAA. Very low probability of seeing it from outside the airport. | |||
2016-11-28 | N147UA | No Titles | Seen | ACY | Stored at the far side of the airport![]() |